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scholarly temperament; academic disposition
A personality or character type that is intellectual, studious, and methodical. Describes someone who approaches things analytically and values knowledge, even if they are not an actual scholar.
彼は学者肌の人だ。
He's the scholarly type.
学者肌で、いつも本を読んでいる。
He has a scholarly temperament and is always reading books.
父は営業マンだが、どちらかというと学者肌で、理論で考えるタイプだ。
My father is a salesman, but he's more the scholarly type who thinks things through theoretically.
Compound of 学者 (scholar) + 肌 (skin; type/temperament). The suffix 肌 (also read はだ) is used to describe someone's character type or disposition, as in 職人肌 (craftsman temperament) or 商売人肌 (merchant mentality). It suggests the person has the innate qualities associated with that role, regardless of their actual profession.
Used as a no-adjective modifier: 学者肌の人 (a person of scholarly temperament).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 学者肌の人: a person with a scholarly disposition
- 学者肌の政治家: a scholarly-minded politician
- どちらかというと学者肌: more the scholarly type
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 学者: scholar — refers to the actual profession, not a personality type
- 職人肌: craftsman temperament — a similar 肌 compound meaning someone who is meticulous and dedicated to their craft
- 知的: intellectual — a more general adjective without the character-type nuance