What distinguishes 人情 from 人性?


I think I have a sort of loose understanding of how the words differ and what
they mean, but I'm really not too sure. I've checked out weblio and goo and
ALC to look around a bit first. Can anyone help clear it up?




人情【にんじょう】 is a common (and maybe a bit nostalgic) word which refers to (good)
human emotion. You can basically think 人情 includes 友情 (friendship), 愛情 (love),
and compassion toward others in general.

人性【じんせい】 is _very_ rare at least as a Japanese word, and I don't know how to
use this term. Google gives Chinese articles about 人性 in the first page,
although I live in Japan. Perhaps you can ignore this word, but after looking
at a dictionary, it seems it's more like [人間性 (human nature,
humanity)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature).




人情【にんじょう】 is a common (and maybe a bit nostalgic) word which refers to (good)
human emotion. You can basically think 人情 includes 友情 (friendship), 愛情 (love),
and compassion toward others in general.

人性【じんせい】 is _very_ rare at least as a Japanese word, and I don't know how to
use this term. Google gives Chinese articles about 人性 in the first page,
although I live in Japan. Perhaps you can ignore this word, but after looking
at a dictionary, it seems it's more like [人間性 (human nature,
humanity)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_nature).

