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見窄らしい

見すぼらしい

Reading

Kana: みすぼらしい
Romaji: misuborashii
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

shabby; seedy

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: サク、 すぼ.める、 つぼ.める、 せま.い
Meanings: narrow, fold, furl, shrug, pucker, shut, close

Example Sentences

非常(ひじょう)にみすぼらしく()える。
➥He looks very down-at-the-heels.
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そのみすぼらしい車室(くるましつ)()いたままだった。
➥The shabby compartment remained vacant.
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そのみすぼらしいアパートは()()のようだ。
➥The shabby flat is vacant.
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(かれ)新車(しんしゃ)(くら)べると(わたし)(くるま)はみすぼらしい。
➥My car looks shabby in comparison with his new one.
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(かれ)らはみすぼらしい(ちい)さな(いえ)()んでいる。
➥They live in a wretched little house.
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(わたし)たちが宿泊(しゅくはく)したホテルの部屋(へや)はみすぼらしかった。
➥The hotel room where we stayed was shabby.
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