侮蔑 (Bubetsu): Scorn, Disdain

Meaning

ぶべつ

bubetsu

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Antonyms 尊敬 Rank 24524 Priority D

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ぶべつてき

insulting

ぶべつご

degrading language (language used to lower the position of the listener)

ぶじょく

insult

ぶにち

contempt for Japan

ぶげん

insult

けいべつ

contempt

さげすむ

to scorn

べっし

contempt

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家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。

At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.

日本に駐留していた米軍人と日本人女性の間に生まれた子供のことを、侮蔑の意図を込めて、「あいのこ」と呼んでいました。

The children of American soldiers staying in Japan and Japanese women were disparagingly called half-breeds.