自惚うぬぼれ

う

ぬ

ぼ

れ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

conceit; vanity; self-importance

An inflated sense of one's own ability or worth; often used in negative contexts to criticize overconfidence.

彼かれの自惚うぬぼれには本ほん当とうに腹はらが立たつ。
His conceit really gets on my nerves.
自惚うぬぼ

れ

が

強つよ

い

人ひと

は

、

他た

人にん

の

意い

見けん

を

聞き

か

ない

。

People with strong self-importance don't listen to others' opinions.

Written forms

自惚うぬぼれ
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
うぬぼれUsage90%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
自惚うぬぼれUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used in writing.
己惚れ
rarely-used kanji form
- うぬぼれ
  Rarely used kanji form; reading おのぼれ is obsolete.
- おのぼれ
  out-dated reading
おのぼれ
out-dated reading

Kanji

自oneself
惚fall in love with, admire, grow senile
己self

Similar words

自じ信しん過か剰じょう
自信過剰 is more about excessive self-confidence, while 自惚れ implies a vain, self-admiring attitude.
傲ごう慢まん
傲慢 is a stronger, more formal term for arrogance and haughtiness, often implying looking down on others.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 自惚れる (うぬぼれる), meaning 'to be conceited'. The kanji 自 (self) and 惚 (fall in love, be infatuated) suggest being infatuated with oneself.