身持ち

みもち【身持ち】

*conduct

/kɑ́ndʌkt/ 〖U〗《正式》(道徳上の)行い， 品行

*moral

［～s， 単数扱い］品行

a woman of loose morals 身持ちの悪い女.

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みもち【身持ち】

1 〔品行〕 conduct; behavior; morals; personal doings.

●身持ちがよい be well behaved; be of good behavior; be steady; be continent

・身持ちが悪い be badly behaved; misconduct [misbehave] oneself; lead a dissolute [fast] life; be of loose morals; be loose in one's behavior.

●身持ちの悪い男 a libertine; a profligate [licentious] fellow

・身持ちの悪い女 a woman of loose morals; a loose [wanton, fast] woman.

●身持ちを改める amend [mend] one's ways; reform oneself [one's loose life]; turn over a new leaf.

2 〔妊娠〕 ＝みおも.