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    3. 軽蔑

    軽蔑

    軽けい蔑べつ

    contempt

    N1KMT10News #45+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    軽べつ

    けいべつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    contempt, scorn, disdain, despising, looking down on, slighting

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    彼かれは嘘うそをつく人ひとを軽けい蔑べつする。

    He despises people who lie.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの傲ごう慢まんな態たい度どは、周しゅう囲いの人ひと々びとから軽けい蔑べつされた。

    His arrogant attitude earned him contempt from those around him.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    軽けい蔑べつの眼まな差ざしは、言こと葉ば以い上じょうに相あい手ての心こころを深ふかく傷きずつけることがある。

    A look of contempt can hurt someone's heart more deeply than words.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは、不ふ正せいを働はたらく人にん間げんに対たいして深ふかい軽けい蔑べつの念ねんを抱いだいていた。

    He harbored a deep sense of contempt for people who committed injustice.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    職しょく場ばで他た者しゃを軽けい蔑べつするような言げん動どうは、チームワークを著いちじるしく損そこなう。

    Behavior that despises others in the workplace significantly damages teamwork.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    軽
    かる.い・かろ.やか・かろ.んじる…(3)
    lightly・trifling・unimportant
    蔑
    ないがしろ・なみ.する・くらい・さげす.む…(1)
    ignore・despise・neglect・ridicule
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