Illustration: In the entrance of a well-kept Japanese apartment, a resident examines an old winter coat hanging from a wooden hanger. Its cuffs are frayed, one pocket sags, the hem is uneven, and a little stuffing escapes a split seam. Beneath it sit shoes with peeling surfaces and collapsed heels.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

みすぼらしい

misuborashii

shabby, unkempt

Example sentences

  1. どうやら、そのみすぼらしいアパートは空あき家やのようだ。

    Apparently that shabby flat is vacant.

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  2. 非常ひじょうにみすぼらしく見みえる。

    He looks very down-at-the-heels.

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  3. 彼かれの新車しんしゃと比くらべると私わたしの車くるまはみすぼらしい。

    My car looks shabby in comparison with his new one.

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