Word details

卑しい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 卑しい.

Dictionary

Entry

卑しいやし賤しい~い Adj.Freq #13606
1

lowborn; humble; lowly

2

vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile; despicable; dirty; unfair

Examples
卑しいことは絶対にしない。
He is above all meanness.
3

shabby; poor-looking

4

greedy; gluttonous; avaricious

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise

9 strokesFrequency 2,003JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

いや.しいいや.しむいや.しめる

despise, low-life, poverty

15 strokes

On

センゼン

Kun

いや.しいいや.しむしずやす.い

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