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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

コンプレックス

konpurekkusu

insecurity, inferiority complex

Often refers to insecurity about a particular trait. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 身長しんちょうが低ひくいのがコンプレックスであったが、それを酒さけの席せきでからかわれた際さいに、即興そっきょうの歌うたと舞まいで軽かるくいなした。

    He had an inferiority complex about being short, but when someone joked about this over a drink, he simply parried it with an improvised song and dance.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 優秀ゆうしゅうな兄あにに対たいしてコンプレックスを抱いだく

    to feel insecure because of one’s star brother

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 西洋文明せいようぶんめいの優すぐれた一面いちめんを強つよく認識にんしきする一方いっぽうで同時どうじにコンプレックスを抱いだくことになったという。

    While he strongly recognized the superior points of Western civilizations, he also noticed his inferiority complex when confronted with the West.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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