Word details
内弁慶
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 内弁慶.
Dictionary
Entry
1
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
Examples
内弁慶は誰でもできる。
Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
内
inside, within, between, among, house, home
4 strokesFrequency 44JLPT N2Grade 2
On
ナイダイ
Kun
うち
Nanori
いとただちのち
弁
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
5 strokesFrequency 619JLPT N1Grade 5
On
ベンヘン
Kun
かんむりわきま.えるわ.けるはなびらあらそ.う
Nanori
べ
慶
jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy
15 strokesFrequency 1,300JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ケイ
Kun
よろこ.び
Nanori
ききよんけみちむやすよし
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