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Meaning of 卑劣 in Japanese
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卑劣, 鄙劣
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Kana Readingひれつ
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Romajihiretsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- mean; foul play; cowardly; base
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Examples of 卑劣, 鄙劣, ひれつ in a sentence
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She could not bear the sight of the mean man.
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It stands to reason that nobody likes him; he's too mean.
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He is a mean fellow.
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He is not such a mean fellow as will speak against other people.
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As he played a dirty trick on me, I'll get even with him.
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What a mean fellow he is!
Related Kanji
鄙
14 strokes
lowly, the country, the countryside, be countrified
On'Yomi: ヒ
Kun'Yomi: ひな, ひな.びる, いや.しい