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[v1,vt]
▶ to demean ▶ to despise ▶ to treat with contempt ▶ to abase |
4. | A 2023-03-18 01:09:27 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
3. | A* 2023-03-18 00:47:10 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮ │ 卑しめ │ 4,988 │ 82.1% │ │ 賤しめ │ 206 │ 3.4% │ - add (daijr/s, koj, meikyo, sankoku, etc.) │ いやしめ │ 883 │ 14.5% │ ╰─ーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯ |
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Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>賤しめる</keb> |
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2. | A 2018-06-05 02:29:11 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | GG5 |
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Diff: | @@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<gloss>to treat with contempt</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2018-06-03 23:18:35 Alan Cheng <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | daijs, eij |
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Comments: | I think "to demean" is a more appropriate translation in many contexts. Also removed "(oneself)" because it suggests that 卑しめる only applies to oneself. |
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Diff: | @@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<gloss>to demean</gloss> @@ -14 +15 @@ -<gloss>to abase (oneself)</gloss> +<gloss>to abase</gloss> |