Word details
素性
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 素性.
Dictionary
Entry
1
birth; lineage; parentage; origin
2
identity; background; history; past
Examples
ぜんぜん素性の分からない人間を軽々しく信用してはならぬ。
Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about.
3
provenance; origin
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
素
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
10 strokesFrequency 660JLPT N1Grade 5
On
ソス
Kun
もと
性
sex, gender, nature
8 strokesFrequency 104JLPT N2Grade 5
On
セイショウ
Kun
さが
姓
surname
8 strokesFrequency 1,628JLPT N2Grade 8
On
セイショウ
種
species, kind, class, variety, seed
14 strokesFrequency 461JLPT N2Grade 4
On
シュ
Kun
たね-ぐさ
Nanori
おいくさたほ
生
life, genuine, birth
5 strokesFrequency 29JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セイショウ
Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすきなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
Nanori
あさいきいくいけうぶうまいえおいぎゅうくるみごせさじょうすぎそそうちるなばにうにゅうふみもうよいりゅう
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