野性|やせいyasei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
   世界せかいで、鹿しかやムースやキジといった野性やせい獣じゅうを狩かることは違法いほうとする国くにが多おおい。↗

   In many parts of the world it is illegal to shoot wild game such as deer, moose or pheasant.

• Related野生やせいNeutralRefers to plants and animals growing naturally in the wild, as in 「野生動物」; 「野性」 describes a temperament, not where something lives.
• Related自然状態しぜんじょうたいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a state untouched by human intervention, common in philosophy and science; 「野性」 instead denotes an instinctive wildness of character.
• Antonym飼いならしかいならしNeutralThe taming or domestication of animals — set against the wild, hard-to-tame instincts that 「野性」 describes.

For plants and animals growing in the wild, use 「野生」, as in 「野生の熊」; for an instinctive, rough temperament, use 「野性」, as in 「野性の勘」; for taming animals, use 「飼いならし」.

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1. 自然しぜんのまま、または本能ほんのうの性質せいしつ。
2. 粗野そやな性質せいしつ。