Meanings
Usage patterns
男として〈動詞〉to do something as a man (in terms of duty or honor)
As a man, I will definitely keep that promise.
あの男that guy (often used dismissively or with contempt)
I never want to see that guy again.
男のくせに〈動詞・形容詞〉even though (he's) a man... (used to criticize behavior seen as unmanly)
It's pathetic that he cried even though he's a man.
男を立てるto defer to a man; to let a man save face or maintain authority
The wife makes sure to let her husband keep face in front of others.
Expressions· 15
男の子boy; son; baby boy · young man 男同士fellow men; men as a group · between men; among men; man-to-man 男の料理stereotypically masculine cuisine; food enjoyed by men 男を知るlose one's virginity (of a woman); become sexually active (of a woman)
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男がすたるlose face as a man; bring shame on oneself as a man 男を見せるshow off one's manliness; act like a real man
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