Meaning of 醜い in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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醜い, 見憎いJLPT 2
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Kana Readingみにくい
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Romajiminikui
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjective (keiyoushi)
- Meaning
- ugly; unattractive
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- unsightly; unseemly
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Example Sentences
醜い, 見憎い, みにくい used in context
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She was wearing an ugly dress.
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His wife doesn't seem ugly to me.
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An ugly duckling became a graceful swan.
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死は自然が隠すべき醜い事実であり、自然はそれを良く隠している。
Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide and she hides it well.
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Beauty without goodness is worth nothing.
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間近から見ると、ものごとはその欠点や本来備わる醜さを露わにする傾向がある。
Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.
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Kanji found in this word
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
On: ケン
Kun: み.る, み.える, み.せる
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