けなす: to speak ill of — Japanese vocabulary
けなす means "to speak ill of". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
けなす
- Reading
- けなす · kenasu
- Translation
- to speak ill of
- Level
- JLPT N1
Example
彼の立ち直ろうとする努力をけなすのはよくないことです。
かれのたちなおろうとするどりょくをけなすのはよくないことです。
It is wrong to put down his efforts to get better.
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