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Keyword
scorn
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig392
Readings
べつ
(57%)
べっ
(4%)
Composed of
艹
blades of grass
罒
small net
戍
protection
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
scorn; disdain; contempt
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
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Examples (22 in total)
If you don't do your duty, people will look down on you.
Don't look down on others.
She despised him.
She despises him.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
Don't despise others because they are poor.
The rich are apt to look down on people.
You should never look down on a person merely because he is poor.
She despises him only because he is poor.
We should not despise a man because he is poor.
Don't look down on a man because he is poor.
He despises people of a lower social class.
The selfish man was despised by his colleagues.
I feel nothing but contempt for such behavior.
Tom despised Mary.
Tom despises Mary.
He was greatly respected, while his son was as much despised.
Even his servants despised him.
He was looked down on as a liar.
I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.
Honest people despise those who lie.
He despised those who lived on welfare.