Quality
noun, suffix
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji.
上質の革ぐつを買い求めるため、イタリアまで行くことにした。
In order to purchase high-quality leather shoes, I decided to go to Italy.
量よりも質が大事でしょ、と、コウイチは一個50セントのハンバーガー10個をほおばりながら言った。
"It's more important to have quality rather than quantity, you know?" said Koichi while stuffing his mouth with ten 50-cent hamburgers.
外国語指導助手の質は人によって全然違うので、心配です。
The quality of assistant foreign language teachers varies from person to person and I’m worried about that.