見けん識しき張ばる

見識張る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見けん識しき張ばる	見けん識しき張ばらない
Polite	見けん識しき張ばります	見けん識しき張ばりません
Past polite	見けん識しき張ばりました	見けん識しき張ばりませんでした
Past	見けん識しき張ばった	見けん識しき張ばらなかった
Te-form	見けん識しき張ばって	見けん識しき張ばらないで
Desire	見けん識しき張ばりたい	見けん識しき張ばりたくない
Potential	見けん識しき張ばれる	見けん識しき張ばれない
Passive	見けん識しき張ばられる	見けん識しき張ばられない
Causative	見けん識しき張ばらせる	見けん識しき張ばらせない
Causative passive	見けん識しき張ばらせられるalso 見けん識しき張ばらされる	見けん識しき張ばらせられないalso 見けん識しき張ばらされない
Volitional	見けん識しき張ばろう
Polite volitional	見けん識しき張ばりましょう
Imperative	見けん識しき張ばれ	見けん識しき張ばるな
Conditional	見けん識しき張ばれば	見けん識しき張ばらなければ
Tara conditional	見けん識しき張ばったら	見けん識しき張ばらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

put on airs; act self-important; stand on one's dignity

Describes someone behaving in a pompous or haughty manner, often implying they are overestimating their own importance. Slightly literary or formal in tone.

彼かれは会かい議ぎで見けん識しき張ばって、他た人にんの意い見けんを聞きこうとしなかった。
He put on airs at the meeting and wouldn't listen to others' opinions.
あの人ひとはいつも見けん識しき張ばっていて、近ちか寄よりがたい。
That person always acts self-important and is hard to approach.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
識discriminating, know, write
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Related words

威い張ばる
威張る is more common and casual, meaning 'to be bossy' or 'to throw one's weight around'. 見識張る is more about acting dignified or superior based on perceived knowledge or status, and is less frequently used.
気き取どる
気取る means 'to put on airs' in a more affected or pretentious way, often about style or mannerisms. 見識張る focuses on an attitude of intellectual or moral superiority.

Built from

見けん識しき+張はる

Etymology

Compound of 見識 (けんしき, 'discernment' or 'views') and 張る (はる, 'to stretch' or 'to put on'), literally 'to stretch one's discernment'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is conventionally associated with acting superior.