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卑しい (いやしい): greedy, vulgar, shabby — Japanese vocabulary

卑しい is read いやしい and means "greedy, vulgar, shabby". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

卑しい

Reading
いやしい · iyashii
Translation
greedy, vulgar, shabby
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
いやしいがいやしいが

Example

卑しいことは絶対にしない。

いやしいことはぜったいにしない。

He is above all meanness.

Kanji in this word

  • 卑 — lowly, vulgar

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