癖

• 読み: くせ
• ローマ字: kuse
• 漢字の分解: 癖 (kuse/heki) — habit, peculiarity, vice
• 発音: /kɯ.se/

意味

A habit (often a bad habit); peculiarity. A tendency that is hard to control.

Usually refers to unconscious or undesirable habits, unlike 習慣 (shuukan) which is more neutral. Common patterns include 癖がある (to have a habit) and 癖になる (to become a habit/addictive). Also used for quirks in hair (くせ毛, unruly hair) or writing style.

例文

1. 爪を噛む癖がなかなか直らない。
2. あの人には話すとき首を傾げる癖がある。
3. この料理は癖になるおいしさだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, personality, conversation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 癖 combines 疒 (sickness radical) and 辟 (bent/inclined), suggesting a condition or tendency that is difficult to straighten out.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal