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偽善

Reading

Kana: ぎぜん
Romaji: gizen
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Definition

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hypocrisy

Kanji

Readings: ギ、 カ、 いつわ.る、 にせ、 いつわ.り
Meanings: falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery
Readings: ゼン、 よ.い、 い.い、 よ.く、 よし.とする
Meanings: virtuous, good, goodness

Example Sentences

偽善(ぎぜん)(きら)いだ。
➥Hypocrisy is my abhorrence.
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(かれ)(きみ)のことを偽善者(ぎぜんしゃ)とまで()った。
➥He went as far as to call you a hypocrite.
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(わたし)たちは政治家(せいじか)というと偽善(ぎぜん)連想(れんそう)しがちだ。
➥We tend to associate politicians with hypocrisy.
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我々(われわれ)睡眠中(すいみんちゅう)偽善者(ぎぜんしゃ)ではない。
➥We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
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(かれ)らは(かれ)批判(ひはん)偽善(ぎぜん)であるとして退(しりぞ)けた。
➥They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy.
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だってこの()には悪者(わるもの)偽善者(ぎぜんしゃ)しかいないのよ。
➥You see in this world there are only scoundrels and hypocrites.
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