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    3. 虚栄

    虚栄

    虚きょ栄えい

    vanity

    KMT10News #45+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    きょえい

    Noun

    1.
    vanity, vainglory

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    彼かれは虚きょ栄えい心しんが強つよい。

    He has strong vanity.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    虚きょ栄えいのために高こう価かなものを買かうのはやめなさい。

    Stop buying expensive things for vanity.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    虚きょ栄えいは、しばしば人ひとを行こう動どうに駆かり立たてる原げん動どう力りょくとなる。

    Vanity often becomes a driving force that compels people to act.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    彼かの女じょのSNS投とう稿こうは、虚きょ栄えい心しんを満みたすためだと批ひ判はんされた。

    Her SNS posts were criticized as being to satisfy her vanity.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyInternet & Social Media
    虚きょ栄えい心しんは、自じ己こ肯こう定てい感かんの低ひくさの裏うら返がえしである場ば合あいもある。

    Vanity can sometimes be the flip side of low self-esteem.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
    栄
    さか.える・は.え・-ば.え・は.える・え…(8)
    flourish・prosperity・honor・glory・splendor
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