Constitution - Taishitsu

Japanese: 体質 - たいしつ

〘noun〙① The state or quality of something. ※Suika Bunshu (1714-24), vol. 5 "Imyuki Kan'ei Tsuho, his constitution is firm and his outline is fair." ※Shizu no Iwaya Kohon (1811), vol. 2 "Looking at his constitution, it is like flesh, but also like a membrane, and is very thick." ② The state or quality of the body's form and function at any given time. ※Shichi Shinyaku (1862), vol. 2 "It has an affinity with the proteins and gelatin of animal bodies, and when it combines with them it forms immobile compounds, which severely damage the body's constitution." ※Omoide no Ki (1900-01), Tokutomi Roka, vol. 7 "As expected, his constitution is elastic and full of blood." ③ The quality of the body that one is born with. Also, the inclinations of a person. By extension, the quality of tissues, mechanisms, etc. *A Hundred Faces of Society (1902) by Uchida Roan, A Dog Story: “He has a haughty, Western-style face, but his nerves are dull, his strength is weak, and his constitution is inferior.” *A Man Called Takezawa Sensei (1924-25) by Nagayo Yoshiro, Takezawa Sensei and the Void, “When I think of the Sensei's strange , tenacious constitution.” 4. An abbreviation of “taishitsuganryo (body pigment).”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 事物の状態や性質。※垂加文集（1714‐24）五「今行寛永通宝、体質堅厚、輪郭周正」※志都の岩屋講本（1811）下「其の体質を見れば、肉のやうにも有り、又膜のやうにも見えて甚だ厚い物でござる」② からだの形態、機能に関するその時々の状態や性質。※七新薬（1862）二「動物体の蛋白質及び膠質に親和し、之と相結て不化の結合物を作り、体質を侵すこと極めて甚しく」※思出の記（1900‐01）〈徳富蘆花〉七「流石に血気盛りの体質の弾力強く」③ 生まれながらにもっているからだの性質。また、その人の性向。転じて、組織、機構などのもっている性質。※社会百面相（1902）〈内田魯庵〉犬物語「西洋臭い高慢な顔をしておるが、神経が鈍くて力が弱くて体質が下等で」※竹沢先生と云ふ人（1924‐25）〈長与善郎〉竹沢先生と虚空「へんに心(しん)のねばり強い先生の体質を思ふと」④ 「たいしつがんりょう（体質顔料）」の略。

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