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Meaning of 見窄らしい in Japanese
Examples of 見窄らしい, 見すぼらしい, みすぼらしい in a sentence
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He looks very down-at-the-heels.
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彼女はみすぼらしい小さいおうちを見ましたが急いで通り過ぎてしまいませんでした。
She saw the shabby little house, but she didn't hurry by.
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They live in a wretched little house.
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彼は手押し車に小さなピアノをのせて、そのピアノの上に一匹のみすぼらしいやせたサルを座らせていました。
He had a little piano on wheels, and a poor thin monkey which sat on top of it.
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My car looks shabby in comparison with his new one.
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小さいおうちはみすぼらしく見えるようになってしまいました・・・まだまだもとの通りしっかりとしているのに。
The small house had come to look shabby, though it was just as good as ever underneath.
Kanji in this word
7 strokes
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
On'Yomi: ケン
Kun'Yomi: み.る, み.える, み.せる
10 strokes
narrow, fold, furl, shrug, pucker, shut, close
On'Yomi: サク
Kun'Yomi: すぼ.める, つぼ.める, せま.い