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Meaning of 卑しい(いやしい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 卑しい, 賤しい JLPT 1

Kana Reading いやしい

Romaji iyashii

Parts of speech

adjective (keiyoushi)

Meaning

lowborn; humble; lowly
Parts of speech

Meaning

vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
Parts of speech

Meaning

shabby
Parts of speech

Meaning

greedy; gluttonous; avaricious

Examples of 卑しい, 賤しい, いやしい in a sentence

彼は卑しい振舞いをした。

He behaved in a cheap manner.
卑しくも価値あるものには立派にやる価値がある。

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
卑しいことは絶対にしない。

He is above all meanness.
誇りがあるから、彼はそんなに卑しい事は出来ない。

His pride wouldn't allow him to do such a mean thing.

Related Kanji

卑 JLPT 1

9 strokes

lowly, base, vile, vulgar

On'Yomi: ヒ

Kun'Yomi: いや.しい, いや.しむ, いや.しめる

卑

8 strokes

On'Yomi: ヒ

Kun'Yomi: いやしい, いやしむ, いやしめる

賤

15 strokes

despise, low-life, poverty

On'Yomi: セン, ゼン

Kun'Yomi: いや.しい, いや.しむ, しず, やす.い