卑しい
いやしい
Also written 賤しい
Meanings
- い-adjective lowborn; humble; lowly
- vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile; despicable; dirty; unfair
- shabby; poor-looking
- greedy; gluttonous; avaricious
Kanji
- 卑 lowly. Read as いやしい.
Example sentences
- 卑しくも価値あるものには立派にやる価値がある。
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. - いやしくもやるからには上手くやれ。
If you do it at all, do it well. - いやしくも彼を信用しているのなら彼を助けなさい。
I don't believe him at all. - いやしくもなすに足る事なら立派にやるだけの価値がある。
If it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. - 誇りがあるから、彼はそんなに卑しい事は出来ない。
His pride wouldn't allow him to do such a mean thing.
Words containing 卑しい
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