虚きょ栄えい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

vanity; vainglory

Refers to excessive pride in one's appearance, abilities, or achievements; often used in literary or formal contexts.

彼かれの行こう動どうは虚きょ栄えい心しんから出でている。
His actions stem from vanity.
虚きょ栄えいを捨すてて、ありのままの自じ分ぶんを受うけ入いれよう。
Let go of vanity and accept yourself as you are.

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Usage patterns

虚きょ栄えいを張はるto show off out of vanity
彼かれはいつも虚きょ栄えいを張はって高こう級きゅう品ひんを買かっている。
He's always showing off his vanity by buying luxury goods.
虚きょ栄えいに満みちるto be filled with vanity
彼かの女じょの生せい活かつは虚きょ栄えいに満みちていた。
Her lifestyle was full of vanity.
虚きょ栄えいを捨すてるto abandon one's vanity
虚きょ栄えいを捨すてて、本ほん当とうの自じ分ぶんらしく生いきよう。
Let's abandon vanity and live as our true selves.

Kanji

虚void, emptiness, unpreparedness
栄flourish, prosperity, honor

Related words

見み栄えN1
見栄 refers to keeping up outward appearances in everyday social situations, while 虚栄 is a more literary word for a deeper, internalized sense of vanity.

Opposites

謙けん虚きょN2
謙虚 means humble and modest, the opposite disposition to the excessive pride expressed by 虚栄.

Don't confuse with

虚きょ勢せい
虚勢 means a bluff or false show of strength/courage, whereas 虚栄 means vanity about one's appearance or achievements; the two are easily confused because of their shared 虚 and similar sound.

Word family

虚きょ栄えい心しんN1
vanity; conceit

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound: 虚 (false, empty) + 栄 (glory, prosperity). The combination conveys the idea of empty or false glory.