Meaning

Primary

Character

Alternative

Nature

Word Type

noun

Explanation

With time your body will acquire a certain type of character. It shows your true nature as a person.

Note: We almost always use this word in the phrases 得体が知れない/得体の知れない, so check out the context sentences to see what kind of "character" we're talking about.

Reading

えたい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is a combination of kun'yomi and on'yomi readings. That being said, both readings for both kanji are the readings you learned already, so you should be able to read this.

Context

Context Sentences

こんな得体の知れないもの、食べられないよ。

I can’t eat something so strange.

得体の知れない男がさっきからこっちを見ていると思ったら、トーフグのコウイチだった。

I thought a mysterious man was looking at me, but it turned out to be Koichi from Tofugu.

得体の知れない何かが、猛スピードで迫ってくるような感覚に襲われ、冷や汗が止まらなくなりました。

I suddenly felt as if something unidentifiable was coming towards me at furious speeds and I started sweating with fear.

Kanji Composition