蔑
Secondary school
ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule
14 strokes · frequency rank #2483
- ベツ
- ないがしろ、なみ.する、くらい、さげす.む
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Common words
- 侮蔑ぶべつscorn; disdain; contempt; slight1
家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
- 蔑むさげすむto scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on2
中世の教会は肉体をさげすみ霊をたたえた。
The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.
貧しい人をさげすんではならない。
You should not look down upon the poor.
多分男の唯一真実な威厳は、自分自身をさげすむことができる能力であろう。
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.
- 軽蔑けいべつcontempt; scorn; disdain; despising3
私は彼をひどく軽蔑している。
I have a fine contempt for him.
他人を軽蔑するな。
Don't look down on others.
彼女は彼を軽蔑した。
She despised him.
- 蔑視べっしcontempt; derision; slight; disdain4