惰性

だせい

Meanings

1. Noun force of habit
2. inertia See also: 慣性 (かんせい).

Kanji

• 惰 sluggish. Read as ダ.
• 性 nature. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 惰性に身を任せているがために今のような現在があるんですね。
  I've ended up in my present state from having indulged myself.
• 高校時代からつきあっている彼氏はいるものの、つきあいが惰性になっていると感じ、不満をつのらせている。
  She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school, but she feels their relationship has stagnated, so she's become dissatisfied.

Words containing 惰性

• 惰性的 (だせいてき) out of habit

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