Word details
虚栄心
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 虚栄心.
Dictionary
Entry
1
vanity
Examples
おそらく、人間の持って生まれた感情の中で、虚栄心ほど抑えにくいものはないだろう。
There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
虚
void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth
11 strokesFrequency 1,454JLPT N1Grade 8
On
キョコ
Kun
むな.しいうつ.ろ
栄
flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
9 strokesFrequency 920JLPT N2Grade 4
On
エイヨウ
Kun
さか.えるは.え-ば.えは.えるえ
Nanori
さかえしげてるながひでよし
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
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