Japanese Dictionary

Words

38 words found
  • 卑怯
    JLPT 2
    Kana Reading
    ひきょう
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
      Meaning
      cowardice; meanness; unfairness
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  • 卑しい, 賤しい
    JLPT 1
    Kana Reading
    いやしい
    Word Senses
    • 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
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  • 卑下
    Kana Reading
    ひげ
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
      Meaning
      self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
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Kanji

2 kanji found
  • 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

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  • 8 strokes

    On'Yomi: ヒ

    Kun'Yomi: いやしい, いやしむ, いやしめる

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