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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
  
  Example sentence
  
  そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。 It's mean of you to talk that way.
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Reading and JLPT level

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
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼は卑しい振舞いをした。 He behaved in a cheap manner.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
  
  Example sentence
  
  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.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  shabby
  
  Example sentence
  
  卑しいことは絶対にしない。 He is above all meanness.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  greedy; gluttonous; avaricious
  
  Example sentence
  
  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.
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Reading and JLPT level

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
  
  Example sentence
  
  卑下も自慢のうち。 Too much humility is pride.
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Kanji

2 kanji found

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

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卑

8 strokes

On'Yomi: ヒ

Kun'Yomi: いやしい, いやしむ, いやしめる

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