How to say "attribute" in Japanese

• 属性ぞくせいCommon
  nounThe noun sense: a quality or property of a person or thing. A common word, and the usual choice for English 'attribute' as a noun, including technical uses in computing.
• アトリビュート
  nounThe noun sense, as a loanword from English. Less common than 属性, it turns up mainly in technical fields such as computing or art history, where the English term itself is used.
• 帰するきする
  suru verb (irregular)The verb sense: to attribute something to a cause, or to blame it on someone. A less common verb, used when a result or outcome is traced back to its cause.
  彼かれの成功せいこうは天才てんさいよりも努力どりょくに帰きする。↗

  His success is attributed more to hard work than to genius.
• 帰すきす
  godan verb, suru verb (archaic)Same meaning as 帰する: to attribute something to a cause, or to blame it on someone. And, like 帰する, it does not cover the noun 'attribute' — for that, 属性 is the word.
  日本にっぽんの高たかい家計かけい貯蓄率ちょちくりつにはいくつかの理由りゆうがあるが、中なかでも家いえを買かうために貯金ちょきんしようとする人々ひとびとの欲求よっきゅうに帰かえせられる。↗

  A high household savings rate in Japan is attributed, among other things, to people's desire to save money to buy a home.

Use 属性 for the noun 'attribute', a property of something; 「アトリビュート」 is a less common loanword for the same noun, mainly in technical fields; 「帰する」 and 「帰す」 are verbs for attributing something to a cause or blaming it on someone.

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• 属性ぞくせいattribute
• アトリビュートattribute
• 帰するきするto attribute
• 帰すきすto attribute