Illustration: In a community art classroom, a novice painter stands beside a clumsy self-portrait with mismatched eyes and an implausibly narrow neck. They lift their chin, close their eyes in self-satisfaction, and extend one hand toward the painting as though unveiling a masterpiece.

うぬぼれる

unuboreru

to be conceited

Example sentences

トムはうぬぼれている。
Tom is conceited.
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うぬぼれるな。
Don’t flatter yourself.
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彼女かのじょは英語えいごを話はなすのが一番いちばんうまいと自惚うぬぼれている。
She flatters herself that she is the best speaker of English.
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