卑しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Adjective

卑しい (-i inflection, hiragana いやしい, rōmaji iyashii)

  1. lowborn, lowly
    • :
      大王 (だいおう)にしては少々言葉 (しょうしょうことば) (いや)しいと (おも)った
      daiō ni shite wa shōshō kotoba ga iyashii to omotta
      I thought those were rather lowly words for a king
  2. shabby
  3. greedy, avaricious
  4. vulgar, mean (person)

Inflection

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