軽侮

Japanese
Kanji in this term
軽 侮
けい
Grade: 3		 ぶ
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
輕侮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 輕侮／轻侮. Not attested in Japanese until 1864.[1] Compare modern Mandarin 輕侮／轻侮 (qīngwǔ, “to insult”).

Pronunciation

Noun

軽(けい)侮(ぶ) • (keibu) 

  1. [from 1864] disdain, contempt
    軽侮(けいぶ)の目(め)で見(み)る
    keibu no me de miru
    to look on something with disdain

Usage notes

The term 軽侮 (keibu) is somewhat less strong than the synonym 軽蔑 (keibetsu).

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Verb

軽(けい)侮(ぶ)する • (keibu suru) transitive suru (stem 軽(けい)侮(ぶ)し (keibu shi), past 軽(けい)侮(ぶ)した (keibu shita))

  1. [from 1864] to disdain something, to scorn something

Usage notes

The term 軽侮する (keibu suru) is somewhat less strong than the synonym 軽蔑する (keibetsu suru).

Conjugation
Conjugation of "軽侮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 軽侮し けいぶし keibu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 軽侮し けいぶし keibu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 軽侮する けいぶする keibu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 軽侮する けいぶする keibu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 軽侮すれ けいぶすれ keibu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 軽侮せよ¹
軽侮しろ²		 けいぶせよ¹
けいぶしろ²		 keibu seyo¹
keibu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 軽侮される けいぶされる keibu sareru
Causative 軽侮させる
軽侮さす		 けいぶさせる
けいぶさす		 keibu saseru
keibu sasu
Potential 軽侮できる けいぶできる keibu dekiru
Volitional 軽侮しよう けいぶしよう keibu shiyō
Negative 軽侮しない けいぶしない keibu shinai
Negative continuative 軽侮せず けいぶせず keibu sezu
Formal 軽侮します けいぶします keibu shimasu
Perfective 軽侮した けいぶした keibu shita
Conjunctive 軽侮して けいぶして keibu shite
Hypothetical conditional 軽侮すれば けいぶすれば keibu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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References
  1. “軽侮”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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