Word Meaning 惰性

だせい dasei

惰性 is read as だせい (dasei) and means force of habit.

Meaning

English

  1. force of habit
  2. inertia

Reading

Kana

だせい

Romaji

dasei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 10632 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

異性

いせい

isomerism

酸性

さんせい

acidic

慢性

まんせい

chronic (illness)

素性

そせい

provenance

陰性

いんせい

negative (result)

放射性

ほうしゃせい

radioactive

凝り性

こりしょう

susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

耐性

たいせい

resistance (e.g. to antibiotics)

耐久性

たいきゅうせい

durability

属性

ぞくせい

character class, type, fetish, etc.

大衆性

たいしゅうせい

popularity

弾性

だんせい

elasticity

Example Sentences

6

しごとはだせいでつづけているだけだ。

I'm just continuing the job out of habit.

くるまはだせいではしりつづけた。

The car continued to run by inertia.

だせいでまいにちをすごしてはいけない。

You should not spend every day out of habit.

これまでのだせいをたちきる。

I will break away from my past habits.

I've ended up in my present state from having indulged myself.

She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school but feels their relationship has become a matter of habit and is increasingly dissatisfied.