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    3. 軽んじる

    軽んじる

    軽かろん​じ​る​

    to look down on

    KMT10News #46+1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    かろんじる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to look down on, to make light of

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは人ひとの意い見けんを軽かろんじる傾けい向こうがある。

    He tends to make light of other people's opinions.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    どんな小ちいさな仕し事ごとでも、決けっして軽かろんじてはいけない。

    You should never make light of even the smallest job.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの成せい功こうは、努ど力りょくを軽かろんじる者ものたちへの何なによりの反はん論ろんとなった。

    His success became the best refutation to those who made light of effort.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    相あい手ての気き持もちを軽かろんじるような発はつ言げんは避さけるべきだ。

    You should avoid remarks that make light of other people's feelings.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい験けんの浅あさい若わか者ものを軽かろんじることなく、彼かれらの意い見けんにも耳みみを傾かたむけるべきだ。

    We should listen to the opinions of inexperienced young people without looking down on them.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    軽
    かる.い・かろ.やか・かろ.んじる…(3)
    lightly・trifling・unimportant
    Kanji
    ん
    n
    Kana
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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