Keyword
look down on
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1064
Old form
Readings
(43%)
Composed of
thin person
every
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
Examples (7 in total)
He was scornful of the danger.
He acted as though we had insulted him.
Tom insulted Mary.