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    3. 無頼

    無頼

    無ぶ頼らい

    villainous

    KMT9News #32+1Noun, Particle, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab28 strokes

    ぶらいむらい

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    villainous, rascally, knavish
    2.
    independent, self-reliant
    archaic

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    彼かれは無ぶ頼らいな態たい度どで周しゅう囲いを困こまらせた。

    He troubled those around him with his rascally attitude.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その無ぶ頼らい漢かんは町まちで恐おそれられていた。

    That villainous man was feared in the town.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの無ぶ頼らいな生いき方かたは、ある意い味みで自じ由ゆうを象しょう徴ちょうしていた。

    His rascally way of life, in a sense, symbolized freedom.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    無ぶ頼らいな振ふる舞まいは、社しゃ会かいの秩ちつ序じょを乱みだす原げん因いんとなる。

    Villainous behavior causes disruption to social order.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    彼かれは無ぶ頼らいの徒やからと呼よばれ、誰だれにも媚こびなかった。

    He was called a rascally fellow and flattered no one.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    頼
    たの.む・たの.もしい・たよ.る…(3)
    trust・request
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