卑しい
N1いやしい iyashii
- greedy
- vulgar
- shabby
- humble
- base
- mean
- vile
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
卑鄙;低贱;贪婪
Examples
- 卑しいことは絶対にしない。He is above all meanness.绝不做卑鄙的事。
- 彼は卑しい振舞いをした。He behaved in a cheap manner.他举止卑劣。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4c6dd2408d'); // 卑しい
{
"id": "4c6dd2408d",
"word": "卑しい",
"reading": "いやしい",
"romaji": "iyashii",
"meanings": [
"greedy",
"vulgar",
"shabby",
"humble",
"base",
"mean",
"vile"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1482660,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "卑しいことは絶対にしない。",
"furigana": "{卑|いや}しいことは{絶対|ぜったい}にしない。",
"en": "He is above all meanness.",
"tatoeba_id": 121162
},
{
"ja": "彼は卑しい振舞いをした。",
"en": "He behaved in a cheap manner.",
"tatoeba_id": 101211
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "3450450a2333ab2b4d7f2f79df7b52be19147486d312fda817b2dc40ccc5844a",
"meanings": [
"卑鄙",
"低贱",
"贪婪"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "卑しいことは絶対にしない。",
"zh": "绝不做卑鄙的事。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は卑しい振舞いをした。",
"zh": "他举止卑劣。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/4c6dd2408d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1482660; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "aa412b4aad1d4f0b44add63ceaa1cb7c944691805dfd9a8eb28c959c63c62709",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}