プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
せいかく【性格】
❶〔人の〕(a) character; personality（▼characterは性格の善悪や道徳観に関していう場合が多いが，personalityはその人の人柄・味わいなどに関して言う）；〔生得の〕one's nature
強い［弱い］性格の人
a person 「with a [《文》 of] strong [weak] character
性格上の欠点
a flaw in one's character
彼女は明るい性格なのですぐ友人が出来る
She makes friends easily because of her sunny personality.
暗い性格の持ち主だ
He is a morose type.
彼はどんな性格の人なの
What kind of person is he?
性格の不一致
a personality clash
二人は性格の不一致が理由で離婚した
They got a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility.
彼とは性格が合わない
He and I just do not get along.
彼女の明るさは性格的なものだ
She is cheerful by nature.／She was born cheerful.
❷〔事物の〕
その運動は狂信的な性格を帯びてきた
The movement came to assume [take on] a fanatical character.
それとこれとは問題の性格がちがう
That is a question of a different nature from this.／《口》 That's a horse of a different color.
性格異常
character disorder
性格学
characterology
性格劇
a character drama
性格俳優
a character actor [actress]
性格描写
character delineation; characterization; a character sketch