Capricious

Japanese: capricious
Capricious

…They are brave and yet still wild, and so they are not afraid to go over difficult terrain. In European languages, the word “goat-like” (for example, capricious in English) refers to a wayward nature. Indeed, goats are sometimes wayward walkers compared to sheep. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "capricious" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…勇敢でなお野生みを失っていないため,地形的に困難なところでもおくさず進んでいく。ヨーロッパ系の言語で〈ヤギのような〉といえば(例えば英語におけるcapricious)わがままな性格を指す。確かにヤギはヒツジに比べて,ときにかって気ままな歩行者である。…

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