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今日の漢字
Secondary schoolJLPT N1

lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise

9 strokes · frequency rank #2003

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いや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる

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Common words

  1. ひれつmean; contemptible; despicable; dirty1
    • What a mean fellow!

    • He is a mean fellow.

    • What a mean fellow he is!

  2. ひきょうcowardly; craven2
    • It's mean of you to talk that way.

  3. いやしいlowborn; humble; lowly3
    • He is above all meanness.

    • He behaved in a cheap manner.

    • Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

  4. ひげself-abasement; self-depreciation; humility4
    • Too much humility is pride.

  5. ひくつservile; subservient; obsequious; slavish5
    • Why did they wait upon him so servilely?

    • Don't be a dog.

    • Defeat and failure make people too humble.

  6. だんそんじょひmale domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women6

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