男性|だんせいdansei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectiveman; male
    「一いち部屋へやに3人にんで泊とまっていただけますか」と彼かれはたずねました。「ええ、かまいませんよ」と3人にんの男性だんせいは答こたえました。↗
    He asked the men, "Would you share a room?" "Certainly, we will," answered the three men.
  2. no-adjective, grammarmasculine gender
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym男の人おとこのひとNeutralPolite everyday way to refer to an adult man; kinder than 「男」 and more colloquial than 「男性」.
  • Synonym男おとこCasualBlunt word for a man; can sound rude when speaking of someone in the third person. Also covers manliness.
  • Synonym男子だんしNeutralCovers boys and male students; typical of school and sports contexts, as in 「男子生徒」.
  • SynonymガイCasualLoanword for a man worth admiring; mostly seen in 「ナイスガイ」.
  • Antonym女性じょせいNeutralThe counterpart of 「男性」: women. Equally neutral and polite.

Default to 「男性」 for men or the male sex. In speech, 「男の人」 is the polite everyday choice and 「男」 the blunt one; 「男子」 fits school and sports settings like 「男子生徒」; women are 「女性」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 性別せいべつが男おとこであること又またはその人ひと。
  2. ある言語げんごにおいて名詞めいしや形容詞けいようしにおける文法ぶんぽう上じょうの性せいの一ひとつ。男おとこと関連かんれんする名詞めいしに多おおいが、必かならずしもそうではない。
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