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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ひいき

hiiki

to favor, to support

Example sentences

  1. あの先生せんせいは女生徒おんなせいとを贔屓ひいきした。

    That teacher favoured the girl student.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 養家ようか「浜はまの家いえ」は頭山満とうやまみつるや杉山茂丸すぎやましげまるが贔屓ひいきにし、当時とうじは名なの知しれた料亭りょうていであった。

    Adopted house"Hamanoya" was a well known restaurant frequented by Mitsuru TOYAMA and Shigemaru SUGIYAMA at the time.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、戦後大阪せんごおおさかの経済けいざいが衰退すいたいしそれまで歌舞伎かぶきを贔屓ひいきしていた後援者こうえんしゃが東京とうきょうに相次あいついで移うつってしまった。

    In addition, because Osaka’s economy declined after World War II, sponsors who had supported Kabuki successively relocated to Tokyo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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