Word Meaning 理性

りせい risei

理性 is read as りせい (risei) and means reason.

Meaning

English

  1. reason
  2. reasoning power
  3. (one's) sense

Reading

Kana

りせい

Romaji

risei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 感性,感情 Rank 4032 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

理性的

りせいてき

rational

理性に訴える

りせいにうったえる

to appeal to one's reason

相対性理論

そうたいせいりろん

theory of relativity

合理性検査

ごうりせいけんさ

reasonableness check

足素性原理

あしすじょうげんり

foot feature convention

主辞素性原理

しゅじそせいげんり

head feature principle

理由

わけ

reason

理解

りかい

sympathy

理念

りねん

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights)

理論

りろん

theory

理想

りそう

ideal

理科

りか

science (as a school subject)

Example Sentences

10

Man is a rational animal.

Anger deprived him of his reason.

Love is beyond reason.

Men who were bereft of reason conducted the war.

A man of reason could answer the question.

Why not just let fly once in a while?

Human beings differ from other animals in that they have reason.

The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.

Critique of Pure Reason is German philosopher Immanuel Kant's chief literary work.

No rational person, of whatever political persuasion, could possibly object to the program.