Illustration: At a neighborhood gathering in a Japanese community room, a well-dressed adult secretly tips the remaining shared sweets into a large container hidden beneath the table. Their own plate is already piled high.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

卑いやしい

iyashii

mean, base, despicable

Example sentences

誇ほこりがあるから、彼かれはそんなに卑いやしい事ことは出来できない。
His pride wouldn’t allow him to do such a mean thing.
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彼かれは卑いやしい振舞ふるまいをした。
He behaved in a cheap manner.
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卑いやしいことは絶対ぜったいにしない。
He is above all meanness.
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Kanji in 卑

卑lowly; baseOnヒKunいやしい・いやしむ・いやしめる

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