Illustration: At a neighborhood vegetable garden, a gardener holds an enormous daikon upright beside himself, straightens his back, and gestures proudly toward its extraordinary length. Two neighbors pause with their modest harvest baskets; one raises her eyebrows while the other politely applauds.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ慢まん

jiman

pride, boasting

Example sentences

彼かれは弟おとうとが自慢じまんだった。
He was proud of his brother.
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美人びじんの妻つまが彼かれの自慢じまんだ。
His beautiful wife is his pride.
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少々しょうしょう自慢じまんなのです。
I’m rather proud of it.
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Kanji in 自慢

自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
慢ridicule; lazinessOnマン

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