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異性 (いせい): the opposite sex — Japanese vocabulary

異性 is read いせい and means "the opposite sex". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

異性

Reading
いせい · isei
Translation
the opposite sex
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
いせいがいせいが

Example

彼女は異性の前では非常に恥ずかしがる。

かのじょはいせいのまえではひじょうにはずかしがる。

She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.

Kanji in this word

  • 異 — different, strange
  • 性 — nature, sex

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