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卑劣

鄙劣

Reading

Kana: ひれつ
Romaji: hiretsu
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Definition

1

mean; foul play; cowardly; base

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 いや.しい、 いや.しむ、 いや.しめる
Meanings: lowly, base, vile, vulgar
Readings: レツ、 おと.る
Meanings: inferiority, be inferior to, be worse
Readings: ヒ、 ひな、 ひな.びる、 いや.しい
Meanings: lowly, the country, the countryside, be countrified

Example Sentences

なんと卑劣(ひれつ)(やっこ)だ。
➥What a mean fellow!
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(かれ)はなんと卑劣(ひれつ)(おとこ)だろう。
➥What a mean fellow he is!
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彼女(かのじょ)はその卑劣(ひれつ)(おとこ)()るのが(いや)だった。
➥She could not bear the sight of the mean man.
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(かれ)卑劣(ひれつ)なやつです。
➥He is a mean fellow.
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おばあさんをだますなんて(かれ)卑劣(ひれつ)だ。
➥It is mean of him to deceive an elderly lady.
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そのことでうそをつくなんて(きみ)卑劣(ひれつ)だ。
➥It is mean of you to tell a lie about it.
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