男性 (だんせい) — male, man

男だん性せい male

Frequency #475 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective noun

dansei

だんせい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. だんせい[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

male
man

Explained in simple Japanese

おとなの男(おとこ)の人(ひと)。

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Usage examples

最初さいしょの衆議院選挙しゅうぎいんせんきょで投票とうひょうできたのは、年齢ねんれいや納税のうぜいなどの条件じょうけんを満みたした男性だんせいでした。

Saisho no shuugiinsenkyo de touhyou dekita no wa, nenrei ya nouzei nado no jouken o mitashita dansei deshita.

Those eligible to vote in the first House of Representatives election were men who met conditions including age and tax payments.

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Adjective forms

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