"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 terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 2 20 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 3 23 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 0 1 3
  2. shabby
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-d-qKKz~u
  3. greedy, avaricious
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-JvhBCEm6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 3 23 39
  4. vulgar, mean (person)
    Sense id: en-卑しい-ja-adj-O6O0Yfqk Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 6 6 11 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 3 25 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 3 23 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 7 7 7 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 3 23 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 3 23 44
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      "form": "卑しい",
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      "form": "iyashikare",
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    {
      "form": "卑しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "いやしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "いやしかった",
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    {
      "form": "iyashikatta",
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    {
      "form": "卑しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "いやしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "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"
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    {
      "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",
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "いやしく",
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "卑しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしさ",
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        "conditional": "ければ",
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        "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",
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        "terminal": "い",
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              34,
              41
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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": [
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              "大",
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            [
              "王",
              "おう"
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            [
              "少",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "葉",
              "ば"
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            [
              "卑",
              "いや"
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            [
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          "text": "大王にしては少々言葉が卑しいと思った",
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      "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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      "form": "卑しかろ",
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      "form": "iyashiku",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "卑しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いやしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iyashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "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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