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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

軽けい蔑べつ

keibetsu

to despise, to look down on

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれをひどく軽蔑けいべつしている。

    I have a fine contempt for him.

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  2. 他人たにんを軽蔑けいべつするな。

    Don’t look down on others.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは彼かれを軽蔑けいべつした。

    She despised him.

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Kanji in 軽蔑

  • 軽light; minorOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunかるい・かろやか・かろんじる
  • 蔑ignore; despiseOnベツKunないがしろ・なみする・くらい

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