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    3. 卑しい

    卑しい

    卑いやし​い​

    lowborn

    N1KMT8CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    賤しい鄙しい

    いやしい

    Adjective

    1.
    lowborn, humble, lowly
    2.
    vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, despicable, dirty, unfair
    3.
    shabby, poor-looking
    4.
    greedy, gluttonous, avaricious

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    卑いやしい言こと葉ばを使つかうべきではない。

    You should not use vulgar language.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    彼かれの卑いやしい行おこないは皆みなに軽けい蔑べつされた。

    His despicable behavior was scorned by everyone.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    彼かれはどんなに貧まずしくても、卑いやしい心こころを持もたなかった。

    No matter how poor he was, he did not have a base heart.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    卑いやしい考かんがえ方かたでは、真しんの幸こう福ふくは得えられない。

    With a base way of thinking, true happiness cannot be obtained.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    食たべ物ものを独ひとり占じめにするのは卑いやしい行こう為いだ。

    Hogging food is a greedy act.

    KMT8Food & DiningEmotions & Psychology

    Characters 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
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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