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威張る (いばる): to be proud, to swagger — Japanese vocabulary

威張る is read いばる and means "to be proud, to swagger". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

威張る

Reading
いばる · ibaru
Translation
to be proud, to swagger
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
いばるが

Example

あの人はあまり威張るから好きになれない。

あのひとはあまりいばるからすきになれない。

That man is too boastful for my liking.

Kanji in this word

  • 威 — authority, menace
  • 張 — stretch, spread

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