卑怯(ひきょう), ひきょう

hikyō

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cowardice; meanness; unfairness

卑(いや)しい, 賤, いやしい

iyashii

JLPT 1

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • lowborn; humble; lowly
  • vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
  • shabby
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卑下(ひげ), ひげ

hige

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

卑劣(ひれつ), 鄙劣(ひれつ), ひれつ

hiretsu

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mean; foul play; cowardly; base

卑屈(ひくつ), ひくつ

hikutsu

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • menial; meanness; servility; abject

卑語(ひご), 鄙語(ひご), ひご

higo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • vulgar expression; vulgarism

卑小(ひしょう), ひしょう

hishō

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • petty; trifling

官尊民卑(かんそんみんぴ), かんそんみんぴ

kansonminpi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • respecting the authorities and denigrating ordinary citizens; statism

卑俗(ひぞく), 鄙俗(ひぞく), ひぞく

hizoku

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • vulgarity; vulgarism; vulgar; coarse

卑近(ひきん), ひきん

hikin

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • common; simple

野卑(やひ), やひ

yahi

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • vulgarity; meanness

下卑(げび)る, げびる

gebiru

Ichidan verb
  • to become vulgar; to coarsen

卑(いや)し, 賤, いやしむ

iyashimu

Godan verb with `mu` ending
  • to despise; to disdain; to scorn

卑(いや)しめる, いやしめる

iyashimeru

Ichidan verb transitive verb
  • to despise; to abase (oneself)

卑猥(ひわい), 鄙猥(ひわい), ひわい

hiwai

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • indecent; obscene

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