内弁慶

Reading

Kana: うちべんけい

Romaji: uchibenkei

Definition

noun

1

braggart; someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; a man who is a lion at home and a mouse abroad

Kanji

内

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

慶

Readings: ケイ、 よろこ.び

Meanings: jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は内弁慶(うちべんけい)だ。

➥He is a lion at home and a mouse outside.

内弁慶(うちべんけい)は誰(だれ)でもできる。

➥Every cock crows on his own dunghill.