品格|ひんかくhinkaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundignity; quality; grace; panache; level

• Synonym品位ひんいWrittenWritten word for refinement — how elegant one's speech, behavior or dress is; also a metal's fineness. Where 「品格」 is about character, this grades elegance.
• Synonym気品きひんNeutralElegance or refinement felt from the outside — the graceful air a person (or thing) gives off, as in 「気品がある」. It is about outward charm, not inner character.
• Related威信いしんWrittenPrestige — the authority and trust others place in you, as in 「威信が失墜」. It is about standing in others' eyes, not inner character.
• Related見識けんしきWrittenDiscernment and sound judgment — one's views and independence of mind. It is an intellectual quality, not a trait of character like 「品格」.
• RelatedプライドNeutralLoanword for self-respect or pride, common in speech. It carries no sense of noble character; it is about one's own self-worth.
• Related尊厳そんげんWrittenWritten word for human dignity — something noble that must not be violated, as in 「人間の尊厳」. It stresses inviolability, not personal refinement.
• Related貫禄かんろくNeutralPresence or gravitas — the weight that comes from experience and standing, as in 「貫禄がある」. It is imposing dignity, not the refinement of 「品格」.
• Related矜持きょうじWrittenWritten word for one's pride and self-respect as a person, or sticking to one's principles — inner pride, not the nobility of 「品格」.
• Related自尊心じそんしんNeutralSelf-esteem — the feeling of not wanting to be looked down on, as in 「自尊心が傷つく」. It concerns one's ego, not elegance or nobility.
• Related気位きぐらいNeutralHaughtiness — thinking too highly of oneself; negative in tone, as in 「気位が高い」. Unlike 「品格」 it is critical, not complimentary.
• Antonym下品げひんNeutralVulgar or coarse, lacking in manners or taste — the direct opposite of the nobility of 「品格」.
• Antonym卑劣ひれつWrittenWritten word for mean, despicable conduct — the opposite of the high moral character that 「品格」 implies.

Use 「品格」 for nobility of character and tone, as in 「品格のある人」 or 「国家の品格」. For elegance of speech and dress say 「品位」, for outward grace 「気品」, for gravitas 「貫禄」, for self-respect 「プライド」. The opposites are 「下品」 and 「卑劣」.

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1. 人ひとに備そなわっている気高けだかさや上品じょうひんさ。