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How can I say of a person that he or she has an open or closed personality? Is
there a standard adjective for that?
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word-requests adjectives english-to-japanese
How can I say of a person that he or she has an open or closed personality?
doing a search for: japanese adjectives describing personality

I quickly found this site:
<http://maggiesensei.com/2015/10/30/%E6%80%A7%E6%A0%BC-seikaku-how-to-
describe-personality-in-japanese/>

It has a large list of positive and negative personality adjectives, helpfully
arranged in categories by similarities.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by open/closed, but the site gives several
words that could fit the idea of open:

★ 社交的 (な) = shakouteki (na) = outgoing

★ 明るい = akarui = cheerful, bright, happy

★ 元気 (な) = genki (na) = cheerful, energetic

★ 陽気 (な) = youki (na) = happy, vivacious, upbeat

★ 気さく(な) = kisaku = friendly

★ さっぱりしている = sappari shite iru = good sport

★ 活発 (な) = kappatsu (na) = active

★誠実 (な) = seijitsu (na) = sincere

★正直 (な) = shoujiki (na) = honest

★ 愛想がいい = aiso ga ii = friendly, affable

★ 話しやすい = hanashiyasui = to be easy to talk to

★ 打ち解けやすい = uchitokeyasui = to be easy to make friends with

★ 付き合いやすい = tsukiai yasui = to be easy to get along with

And as for "closed", you can take the last 4 in this list and use the opposite
of the last word (ie instead of "ii" use "warui" and instead of "yasui" use
"nikui") and the meaning would become the opposite.
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I think a good fit for "open" and "closed personality" are
[社交的](https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e7%a4%be%e4%ba%a4%e7%9a%84) and
[閉鎖的](https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e9%96%89%e9%8e%96%e7%9a%84). Informally,
you can also use オープン for 社交的.
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Based on resources OP has provided in their comment, I don't think there is an
single all-rounder word to translate the "open" or "close" personality.

The [Quora answer](https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-have-an-open-
personality),

> To have an open personality is to be open to change. It’s someone who
> understands that people are imperfect and works with them. [...] Someone who
> is clear headed enough to see their flaws and admit them. [...] Someone who
> understands different people have different opinions and that each opinion
> is a reflection of their experience and observation.

suggests:

  * 頭が柔らかい -- describes somebody has flexible thinking, though also could be understood as "quick-witted" ↔ (antonym) 頭が固い
  * [開明的](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%96%8B%E6%98%8E%E7%9A%84-225912) -- willing to accept new things, usually with a connotation to be "progressive" ↔ [頑固](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/47991/meaning/m0u/), [頑迷](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/49802/meaning/m0u/)

The [Merriam-Webster entry](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open):

> **11 a** : characterized by ready accessibility and usually generous
> attitude: such as (1) : generous in giving (2) : willing to hear and
> consider or to accept and deal with

  * [心が広い](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/290917/meaning/m0u/), [おおらか](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/29715/meaning/m0u/) -- broad-minded and not being fussy ↔ [心が狭い](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%BF%83%E3%81%8C%E7%8B%AD%E3%81%84), [せせこましい](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/124057/meaning/m0u/)
  * [寛大](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/48951/meaning/m0u/), [寛容](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/49898/meaning/m0u/) -- tolerant, sympathetic and generous ↔ [狭量](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/57206/meaning/m0u/)

> (3) : free from reserve or pretense

  * [開放的](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/36997/meaning/m0u/), [開けっぴろげ](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/3104/meaning/m0u/) -- disclosive and less concealing; note that they are not compliment in some context ↔ [閉鎖的](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/198197/meaning/m0u/)

The loanword オープン is generally associated with the last definition.
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