"卑しい" meaning in Japanese

See 卑しい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ija̠ɕii]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いやしい}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-adj|いやしい|infl=i}} 卑(いや)しい • (iyashii) -i (adverbial 卑(いや)しく (iyashiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=いやし|lemma=卑し|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 卑しい [canonical] (ruby: (いや)), iyashii [romanization], 卑しく [adverbial] (ruby: (いや)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 卑しかろ [imperfective, stem], いやしかろ [imperfective, stem], iyashikaro [imperfective], 卑しく [continuative, stem], いやしく [continuative, stem], iyashiku [continuative], 卑しい [stem, terminative], いやしい [stem, terminative], iyashii [terminative], 卑しい [attributive, stem], いやしい [attributive, stem], iyashii [attributive], 卑しけれ [hypothetical, stem], いやしけれ [hypothetical, stem], iyashikere [hypothetical], 卑しかれ [imperative, stem], いやしかれ [imperative, stem], iyashikare [imperative], 卑しくない [informal, negative], いやしくない [informal, negative], iyashiku nai [informal, negative], 卑しかった [informal, past], いやしかった [informal, past], iyashikatta [informal, past], 卑しくなかった [informal, negative, past], いやしくなかった [informal, negative, past], iyashiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 卑しいです [formal], いやしいです [formal], iyashii desu [formal], 卑しくないです [formal, negative], いやしくないです [formal, negative], iyashiku nai desu [formal, negative], 卑しかったです [formal, past], いやしかったです [formal, past], iyashikatta desu [formal, past], 卑しくなかったです [formal, negative, past], いやしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], iyashiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 卑しくて [conjunctive], いやしくて [conjunctive], iyashikute [conjunctive], 卑しければ [conditional], いやしければ [conditional], iyashikereba [conditional], 卑しかったら [conditional, past], いやしかったら [conditional, past], iyashikattara [conditional, past], 卑しかろう [volitional], いやしかろう [volitional], iyashikarō [volitional], 卑しく [adverbial], いやしく [adverbial], iyashiku [adverbial], 卑しさ [noun-from-adj], いやしさ [noun-from-adj], iyashisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. lowborn, lowly
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-OiwLv8YD Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 59 15 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 50 26 8 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 56 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 57 18 12 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 19 8 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 18 14 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 57 18 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 12 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 8 1 2
  2. shabby
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-d-qKKz~u Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 21 61 0 18
  3. greedy, avaricious
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-JvhBCEm6
  4. vulgar, mean (person)
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-O6O0Yfqk
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      "form": "iyashii",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "卑しけれ",
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      "form": "卑しくない",
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    {
      "form": "いやしくない",
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    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "いやしかった",
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      "form": "卑しくなかった",
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      "form": "いやしくなかった",
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    {
      "form": "iyashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "卑しいです",
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    },
    {
      "form": "いやしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "いやしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しく",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "いやしく",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "iyashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "いやしさ",
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      ]
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      "form": "iyashisa",
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        "formal": "い です",
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        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
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        {
          "english": "I thought those were rather lowly words for a king",
          "roman": "daiō ni shite wa shōshō kotoba ga iyashii to omotta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "王",
              "おう"
            ],
            [
              "少",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "こと"
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            [
              "葉",
              "ば"
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            [
              "卑",
              "いや"
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              "思",
              "おも"
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      "other": "いやしい"
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      "other": "いやしい"
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      "ipa": "[ija̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "卑しい"
}
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    {
      "form": "iyashii",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いやしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "卑(いや)しい • (iyashii) -i (adverbial 卑(いや)しく (iyashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "いやし",
        "lemma": "卑し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I thought those were rather lowly words for a king",
          "roman": "daiō ni shite wa shōshō kotoba ga iyashii to omotta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "王",
              "おう"
            ],
            [
              "少",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "葉",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "卑",
              "いや"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大王にしては少々言葉が卑しいと思った",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lowborn, lowly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lowborn",
          "lowborn"
        ],
        [
          "lowly",
          "lowly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shabby"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shabby",
          "shabby"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "greedy, avaricious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "avaricious",
          "avaricious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vulgar, mean (person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "いやしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "いやしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ija̠ɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "卑しい"
}

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