Word details

侮蔑

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 侮蔑.

Dictionary

Entry

侮蔑べつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #12253
1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

Examples
家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

scorn, despise, make light of, contempt

8 strokesFrequency 2,004JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

あなど.るあなず.る

ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule

13 strokesFrequency 2,483Grade 8

On

ベツ

Kun

ないがしろなみ.するくらいさげす.む

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