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自慢 (じまん, jiman) Japanese meaning: pride | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 自慢する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 自じ 慢まん する 自じ 慢まん しない Polite 自じ 慢まん します 自じ 慢まん しません Past polite 自じ 慢まん しました 自じ 慢まん しませんでした Past 自じ 慢まん した 自じ 慢まん しなかった Te-form 自じ 慢まん して 自じ 慢まん しないで Desire 自じ 慢まん したい 自じ 慢まん したくない Potential 自じ 慢まん できる 自じ 慢まん できない Passive 自じ 慢まん される 自じ 慢まん されない Causative 自じ 慢まん させる 自じ 慢まん させない Causative passive 自じ 慢まん させられる 自じ 慢まん させられない Volitional 自じ 慢まん しよう Polite volitional 自じ 慢まん しましょう Imperative 自じ 慢まん しろ 自じ 慢まん するな Conditional 自じ 慢まん すれば 自じ 慢まん しなければ Tara conditional 自じ 慢まん したら 自じ 慢まん しなかったら
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He is boasting about his new car.
This is my proud dish (the dish I'm proud of).
People who only talk about their own accomplishments are disliked.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 物もの 〉 を 自じ 慢まん する to boast to someone about something
He bragged to his friend about his new car.
〈 物もの 〉 が 自じ 慢まん だ something is one's pride/prized thing
This shop's pride is its handmade bread.
自じ 慢まん げに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in a boastful, proud manner
She proudly showed off her certificate.
Expressions 卑ひ 下げ も 自じ 慢まん のうち too much humility is pride; taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging Related words· 13 誇り is a dignified, often abstract sense of pride (in one's honor or identity), while 自慢 is more personal and can carry a nuance of showing off.
得意 describes being good at something or feeling pleased with one's own skill, but lacks the boastful, showing-off nuance that 自慢 can have.
自負 is a quieter, more internal confidence in one's own worth, whereas 自慢 typically involves openly telling others about it.
自慢する is a neutral, general verb for 'to boast' or 'to be proud of', while 鼻にかける is a vivid idiom implying an annoying, conspicuous display of pride.
Show 9 more 自慢 is boasting about one's own achievements or possessions in a personal, often casual way, while 誇示 stresses a deliberate, sometimes intimidating display of power or status to others.
自慢する means 'to boast' about something verbally, while 見せびらかす stresses the visual act of showing an item off.
自慢する is more colloquial and often implies showing off or bragging, while 誇る can be more formal and express a deeper, quieter pride.
Opposites 謙遜 is modest, self-effacing behavior, the direct opposite of the boastful attitude expressed by 自慢.
自虐 puts oneself down (as in self-deprecating jokes), while 自慢 means boasting or bragging about oneself.
Word family· 13 boasting of one's strength; proud of one's strength
national pride; local pride; pride in one's hometown
female bragging; woman's conceit · man bragging about his wife or mistress
Written forms 自じ 慢まん Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
じまん Usage 2%
ジマン Usage <1%
Etymology Compound of 自 (self) and 慢 (conceit, pride). The kanji combination directly conveys 'self-conceit' or 'self-pride'.
吹く is colloquial slang for telling exaggerated tall tales, while 自慢する is the more neutral, general word for boasting about oneself.
自慢する means to boast about one's own achievements or possessions, while 威張る focuses on domineering, superior behavior toward others.
自慢 is a noun/suru-verb for boasting about a specific achievement or possession, while うぬぼれる is an intransitive verb describing a general inflated sense of one's own worth.
自慢する is a general verb for bragging about anything, while 惚気る is used specifically for gushing about one's romantic partner.
自慢 stresses actively bragging or boasting to others, while 鼻が高い describes the inner feeling of pride that may or may not be voiced.
自慢 is a broader word for boasting or pride about anything, including possessions or achievements, while 大口 focuses on bold, boastful speech.
male bragging; male conceit · bragging about one's husband or male lover
pride in one's skill; boasting about one's ability
Show 5 more proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
boastful talk; bragging story
person proud of their singing voice · amateur singing contest
bragging about one's misfortune; misery poker
boasting of one's humility; humblebrag
