卑ひ劣れつ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Describes behavior or character that is base, underhanded, or lacking moral courage; often used to condemn unfair or sneaky actions.

卑ひ劣れつな〈事こと〉a despicable act/means
彼かれは卑ひ劣れつな手しゅ段だんで勝しょう利りを手てにした。
He won victory through despicable means.
〈事こと〉を卑ひ劣れつだと非ひ難なんするto condemn something/someone as despicable
彼かれのやり方かたを卑ひ劣れつだと非ひ難なんした。
I condemned his way of doing things as despicable.
卑劣ひれつな真似まねをするto do something despicable
そんな卑ひ劣れつな真似まねはやめてくれ。
Stop doing such despicable things.

卑ひ怯きょうN2
卑怯 stresses cowardice and unfair play, while 卑劣 more broadly condemns a person's base, contemptible character or actions.
汚きたないN5
汚い is a broader word for 'dirty' or 'unclean', physical or moral, while 卑劣 specifically refers to mean, contemptible character or actions.
ずるいN3
ずるい means 'sly' or 'cunning' in a self-serving way and is milder and more colloquial than the harsher condemnation in 卑劣.
悪あく質しつN1
悪質 describes an act or thing as vicious or malicious in nature, whereas 卑劣 focuses on the cowardly, underhanded meanness of the person or act.

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卑いやしいN1
卑しい describes a base or vulgar character more generally, while 卑劣 is stronger and specifically condemns sneaky, cowardly conduct.
浅あさましいN1
卑劣 stresses cowardly or underhanded conduct, while 浅ましい stresses the pitiful, contemptible wretchedness of the person or act itself.
えげつない
卑劣 emphasizes cowardly or contemptible underhandedness, while えげつない is broader and more colloquial, covering anything shockingly nasty.

高こう潔けつ
高潔 describes noble, upright character, the direct opposite of the base, contemptible conduct meant by 卑劣.
潔いさぎよいN1
潔い praises fair, honorable, unhesitating behavior, contrasting with the sneaky unfairness implied by 卑劣.

卑ひ屈くつ
卑屈 describes servile, self-abasing submissiveness rather than the sneaky meanness that 卑劣 condemns, despite sharing the kanji 卑.
劣れつ悪あく
卑劣 shares the kanji 劣 with 劣悪 but describes cowardly or mean-spirited behavior, not poor physical quality or conditions.

Composed of 卑 (base, lowly) and 劣 (inferior, bad). The combination conveys a sense of moral baseness and contemptibility.