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質 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 質 意味

substance, quality, matter, temperament

質 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

たち tachi
ただ.す tada.su
もと moto
わりふ warifu

KUNYOMI 訓読み

シツ shitsu
シチ shichi
チ chi

Examples

お茶の質は下がりつつある。The quality of tea is going down.
彼は他人につらくあたることができないたちだ。It is not in his nature to be hard on other people.
僕は我慢強いたちだ。I’m patient.
量より質が重要だ。Quality is more important than quantity.
私は量より質をとる。I put quantity after quality.
翻訳の質が良くなった。The quality of translation has improved.
お米の質は下がりつつある。The quality of rice is going down.
私は量よりも質を重んじる。I prefer quality to quantity.
大切なのは量でなく質だ。It is quality, not quantity that counts.
一般的に、消費者は質よりも量を選ぶ。In general, consumers prefer quantity to quality.

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