いんせい

陰 性

Common word

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    negative (result)

    • ツベルクリン反応は陰性でした。
      The result of the tuberculin test was negative.

  2. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    gloomy, negative (e.g. attitude), pessimistic