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    3. 自惚れる

    自惚れる

    自うぬ惚ぼれ​る​

    to be conceited

    KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    己惚れる

    うぬぼれる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be conceited
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれは少すこし自うぬ惚ぼれている。

    He is a little conceited.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    成せい功こうしたからといって、自うぬ惚ぼれてはいけない。

    Just because you succeeded, you shouldn't get conceited.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの美び貌ぼうに自うぬ惚ぼれて、周まわりの人ひとを見み下くだすようになった。

    She became conceited about her own beauty and started looking down on those around her.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFashion & Beauty
    自うぬ惚ぼれることなく、常つねに謙けん虚きょな姿し勢せいで学まなぶことが大たい切せつだ。

    It is important to always learn with a humble attitude, without being conceited.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの才さい能のうに自うぬ惚ぼれて、他た人にんの意い見けんを聞きかなくなった。

    He became conceited about his own talent and stopped listening to others' opinions.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    Kanji
    惚
    ほけ.る・ぼ.ける・ほ.れる…(1)
    fall in love with・admire・grow senile
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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