Keyword
vulgar
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig1629
Old form卑
Readings
ひ
(84%)
いや
(8%)
び
(5%)
Composed of
slash left
rice field
ten
slash left
Used in kanji (12 in total)
paralysis
scowl
monument with an inscription
menacing glance
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
indecent; obscene
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to become vulgar; to coarsen
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
vulgar; coarse; crude; boorish; ill-mannered; mean
petty; trifling
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
vulgar; coarse; low
mean bastard; sneak; heel; despicable person
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
common; simple
vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on
indecent; obscene
to demean; to despise; to treat with contempt; to abase
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
placing women above men
Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
lowborn; of humble birth
high and low; aristocrat and plebeian
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
respectable; decent
low rank; wickedness; vulgarity
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
lineal descendants
my humble opinion
gluttonous; greedy
vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness
high and low class
low and damp (land)
disparaging form of address; derogatory name; deprecatory word; deprecating language
countryfolk; villager; provincial; greedy person; underclass; low-standing person
lineal descendants
one's own thought; one's own idea
vulgar expression; vulgarism; language used in rural areas
pejorative term; derogatory word; invective
boasting of one's humility
vulgar proverb; popular saying
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
Examples (13 in total)
This is a sneaky way of putting it, isn't it?
That's a cowardly way of thinking, born of fear of death!
I'll do anything to win, no matter how dirty.