Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery gathering, a participant holds up another person's handmade bowl by two fingers, far from his body, and speaks with an exaggerated sneer. His free hand makes a dismissive flick toward the bowl while he seeks approving laughter from the people beside him.

けなす

kenasu

to disparage, to speak ill of

Example sentences

君きみは、いつも私わたしの服ふくをけなすのだから。
You are always digging at me about my clothes.
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彼かれらは、トムの新あたらしい理論りろんをけなしている。
They are crying down Tom’s new theory.
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彼かれの立たち直なおろうとする努力どりょくをけなすのはよくないことです。
It is wrong to put down his efforts to get better.
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