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癖

癖 — mannerism, habit, vice

On
ヘキ
Kun
くせ, くせに
Strokes
18
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 癖

  • 口癖くちぐせpet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; catchphraseCommon

    私の祖母は、口癖のように100歳まで生きると言っていましたが、85歳で亡くなりました。
    My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.

  • 癖くせhabit (usu. a bad one); tendencyCommon

    その子は悪い癖が直った。
    He was cured of his bad habits.

  • 潔癖けっぺきfastidiousness; love of cleanlinessCommon
  • 性癖せいへきdisposition; inclination; characteristic; idiosyncrasy; propensityCommon
  • 癖にくせにand yet; though; when; in spite ofCommon
  • 癖になるくせになるto become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practiceRare
  • 癖のあるくせのあるquirky; idiosyncraticRare
  • その癖そのくせand yet; even so; nonetheless; for all thatRare
  • 癖してくせしてand yet; though; when; in spite ofRare
  • 男癖おとこぐせinterest in men; itch for menRare
  • 悪い癖わるいくせbad habit; bad habitsRare
  • 七癖ななくせsome habits; some eccentricitiesRare
  • 妄想癖もうそうへき(having an) overactive imagination; tendency to get lost in one's imaginationRare
  • 癖球くせだまjunk ball (pitch); off-speed pitchRare
  • 収集癖しゅうしゅうへきcollecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionismRare
  • 無くて七癖なくてななくせevery person has their eccentricitiesRare
  • 巻き癖まきくせcurl (on a rolled poster, etc.)Rare
  • 自傷癖じしょうくせ(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harmRare
  • 開き癖ひらきぐせwarp (on the page or cover of a book, making it splay open)Rare
  • 筆癖ふでくせhabits of handwriting; handwriting idiosyncrasiesRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 61 words that use 癖.

  • 口癖 くちぐせ pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; catchphrase
  • 癖 くせ habit (usu. a bad one); tendency
  • 潔癖 けっぺき fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
  • 性癖 せいへき disposition; inclination; characteristic; idiosyncrasy; propensity
  • 癖に くせに and yet; though; when; in spite of

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