男性

In a sentence

• その男性は親切ですね。

  That man is kind.

  Here, '男性' is used to refer to 'a man' in a general descriptive context.

• この演劇の主人公は若い男性です。

  The protagonist of this play is a young man.

  In this example, '男性' designates a specific demographic role within a narrative as 'a male protagonist'.

• 男性は体育の苦手な人が少ないと言います。

  It is said that there are few men who are bad at physical education.

  Here, '男性' refers to men as a group in a general or statistical observation.