Word · 単語
卑しい
Reading いやしい
lowborn
- 1 lowborn, humble, lowly
- 2 vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, despicable, dirty, unfair
- 3 shabby, poor-looking
- 4 greedy, gluttonous, avaricious
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例文 · examples
卑しいことは絶対にしない。
He is above all meanness.
sense 2 · vulgar
彼は卑しい振舞いをした。
He behaved in a cheap manner.
sense 2 · vulgar
誇りがあるから、彼はそんなに卑しい事は出来ない。
His pride wouldn't allow him to do such a mean thing.
sense 2 · vulgar
卑しくも価値あるものには立派にやる価値がある。
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.