Keyword
habit
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1826
Readings
くせ
(45%)
へき
(40%)
ぐせ
(11%)
ぺき
(3%)
Composed of
sickness
punishment
Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
bad habit; bad habits
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
quirky; idiosyncratic
bad habit; vice
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to blame; to find fault with
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
philandering; itch for women
to blame; to find fault with
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
day-dreamer; fantasist
to blame; to find fault with
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
wasteful habits
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
to blame; to find fault with
short temper
gait; one's manner of walking; technique involving tripping the opponent
strange habit
habit of idleness (laziness); indolence
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harm
bad habit; peculiarity; weakness
kleptomania
interest in men; itch for men
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
treating bed hair; hair product for treating bed hair
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
habits of handwriting; handwriting idiosyncrasies; style of writing; style of painting
alcoholic addiction
warp (on the page or cover of a book, making it splay open)
habit of biting one's nails
(baby which is) unhappy unless held
addiction
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
curl (on a rolled poster, etc.)
every person has their eccentricities
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
eccentricity; crankiness
every person has their eccentricities
idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound
some habits; some eccentricities
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
addiction to Western things
and yet; though; when; in spite of
and yet; though; when; in spite of
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
incontinence; promiscuity
great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks
crystal habit
predisposition; inclination; nature; tendency
Examples (36 in total)
He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation.
He has the habit of standing up when he is angry.
He has the habit of reading the newspaper during meals.