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軽蔑 (けいべつ): scorn, disdain — Japanese vocabulary

軽蔑 is read けいべつ and means "scorn, disdain". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

軽蔑

Reading
けいべつ · keibetsu
Translation
scorn, disdain
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
けいべつが

Example

彼の上役は狭量さを軽蔑している。

かれのうわやくはきょうりょうさをけいべつしている。

He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.

Kanji in this word

  • 軽 — light, easy
  • 蔑 — despise, scorn

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