- 1. [n, vs, vt] scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
Kanji in this word
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侮
scorn, despise, make light of, contemptOn: ブ (bu)Kun: あなど.る (anado.ru)、 あなず.る (anazu.ru)
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蔑
ignore, despise, neglect, ridiculeOn: ベツ (betsu)Kun: ないがしろ (naigashiro)、 なみ.する (nami.suru)、 くらい (kurai)、 さげす.む (sagesu.mu)
Example Sentences
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。
ie deha akami gakatta kami tosobakasunoseide , haha ga bubetsu wo kome te ( ninjin ) to nazuke , mina nimosou yoba seteimasu .
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.