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    3. 卑下

    卑下

    卑ひ下げ

    self-abasement

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ひげ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    self-abasement, self-depreciation, humility

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんを卑ひ下げする癖くせがある。

    He has a habit of self-depreciation.

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    自じ分ぶんのの能う力りょくを卑ひ下げする必ひつ要ようはない。

    There's no need to belittle your own abilities.

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    過か度どな卑ひ下げは、かえって相あい手てに不ふ快かい感かんを与あたえることがある。

    Excessive self-abasement can, on the contrary, make others uncomfortable.

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    成せい功こうしたにもかかわらず、彼かれは常つねに自じ分ぶんを卑ひ下げするような態たい度どをとった。

    Despite succeeding, he always adopted an attitude of self-depreciation.

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    チームリーダーとして、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを卑ひ下げせず、自じ信しんを持もって発はつ言げんすべきだ。

    As a team leader, you should speak with confidence without belittling your own opinions.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    卑
    いや.しい・いや.しむ・いや.しめる…(1)
    lowly・base・vile・vulgar・despise
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
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