Meaning of 依怙贔屓 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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依怙贔屓, 依估贔屓, えこ贔屓, 依怙贔負
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Kana Readingえこひいき
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Romajiekohiiki
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
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Example Sentences
依怙贔屓, 依估贔屓, えこ贔屓, 依怙贔負, えこひいき used in context
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Parents may favor the youngest child in the family.
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彼女はいつも少数の生徒をえこひいきしていて、そのくせ他の生徒には厳しい。
She is always playing favorites with a few students but very strict with everyone else.
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He shows partiality to no one in particular.
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Our teacher favors only the girl students.
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That teacher tends to be partial to female students.
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defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
On: フ
Kun: ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う
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