Japanese

せいのう
Meaning: performance; capacity; efficiency; properties
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

性
能

Example sentences

The performance of this computer is very high.
このカメラは中古だが、性能がいいので買い得だ。
This camera is second-hand, but it's a good buy because it has great performance.
この小型カメラは性能が非常に高い。
This small camera has very high performance.
このスマートフォンの売りは、カメラの性能が良いことです。
The selling point of this smartphone is its good camera performance.
その機械の性能をさらに改良した。
The performance of that machine has been further improved.
この新型のスマートフォンは、カメラの性能が大幅に向上している。
This new smartphone model has significantly improved camera performance.
性能の面では、新しいモデルの方が断然優れている。
In terms of performance, the new model is far superior.
新型モデルの性能は、旧型とは比べ物にならない。
The performance of the new model is incomparable to the old one.
最近の家電は省エネ性能が非常に優れている。
Recent home appliances have excellent energy-saving performance.
カメラの性能が良くなり、写真のブレが少なくなった。
As camera performance improved, photo blur decreased.

Usage Notes

Refers to the functional capabilities or efficiency of a machine, device, or tool.

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