Illustration: At a community pottery class, a beginner proudly raises a badly lopsided vase onto a pedestal normally used for demonstrations. He stands beside it with his chin high and one hand on his chest, admiring the result as though awaiting applause.

うぬぼれ

unubore

conceit, vanity

Example sentences

誰だれでも大だいなり小しょうなり自惚うぬぼれはある。
Everyone is more or less conceited.
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彼かれはうぬぼれが強過つよすぎるのでだれからも嫌きらわれる。
He is so full of conceit that everybody dislikes him.
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彼女かのじょはいつも鏡かがみで自分じぶんの姿すがたを見みている、何なにといううぬぼれだ。
She’s always looking at herself in the mirror - What vanity.
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