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    3. 高言

    高言

    高こう言げん

    boasting

    KMT10News #40+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    広言

    こうげん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    boasting, bragging, talking big

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    彼かれはいつも高こう言げんばかりしている。

    He is always boasting.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの高こう言げんは、しばしば現げん実じつ離ばなれしている。

    His bragging is often detached from reality.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    根こん拠きょのない高こう言げんは、周しゅう囲いからの信しん頼らいを失うしなう原げん因いんとなる。

    Baseless boasting can cause one to lose trust from those around them.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの高こう言げんは、プレゼンテーションの説せっ得とく力りょくを損そこねた。

    His boasting undermined the persuasiveness of his presentation.

    KMT10Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    試し合あい前まえの高こう言げんが、かえって彼かれにプレッシャーを与あたえた。

    His boasting before the match actually put more pressure on him.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    高
    たか.い・たか・-だか・たか.まる・たか.める…(6)
    tall・high・expensive
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
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