くせ

くせ 【癖 】1 【習慣 】【個人の 】a habit ; 【妙な癖 】a peculiarity, ｟やや書 ｠ a trick ; 【やり方 】a [one's ] way .▸ 彼のいつもの癖 ｟やり方 ｠さ It's always the way with him .▸ 自分の失敗を笑ってごまかすのが彼の癖だ It is his habit to laugh off his mistake .①癖が ▸ 悪い癖がつく get into a bad habit / pick up [｟書 ｠ develop ] a bad habit .▸ 悪い癖が直る get out of a bad habit .▸ 彼女は本を読んでいるときに髪をいじくる癖があった She was in [She had ] the habit of play ing [╳to play ] with her hair when she was reading .▸ だれにでも癖がある ｟なくて七癖 ｠Everyone has his own habits [peculiarities ].②癖に ▸ それは癖になりそうだ It may get to be [become ] a habit . (!前の方は口語的 ) ▸ 喫煙は私には抜き難い癖になっているのです Smoking is a habit I just can't break . (!just は否定語の前に置いて, 否定を強調する ) Smoking is my hard-to-break habit .③癖を ▸ 耳をつまむ癖を直した I broke [got rid of ] the habit of pinch ing my ear .▸ 彼女は子供の指をしゃぶる癖を直した She got her boy out of the habit of suck ing his fingers .④癖で ▸ 彼はいつもの癖で頭をかいた He scratched his head out of [from ] habit .2 【独特な性質 】▸ 癖のある ｟特異な ｠歩き方 a peculiar way of walking .▸ 癖が強い have a distinctive character .▸ 癖がない have no distinctive character .▸ 彼女の髪の毛は癖がある ｟巻き毛だ ｠Her hair is curly [(縮れた ) kinky ]. (!次例の方が普通 ) She has curly [kinky ] hair . （⇨癖毛 ）