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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

気き取どる

kidoru

to put on airs

Example sentences

彼女かのじょはいつも気取きどっている。
She’s always putting on airs.
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そんなに気取きどる必要ひつようはない。
You don’t have to give yourself such airs.
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彼女かのじょは少すこしも気取きどった所ところがない。
She has nothing snobbish about her.
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Kanji in 気取

気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-

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