見みせびらかす

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

show off; flaunt

Used when someone deliberately displays something to attract attention or admiration, often with a negative connotation of boastfulness.

彼かれは新あたらしい車くるまを見みせびらかした。
He showed off his new car.
彼かの女じょは高こう価かな指ゆび輪わを見みせびらかすのが

好す

き

だ

。

She likes to flaunt her expensive ring.

Written forms

見みせびらかすUsage90%
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the kanji 見 is used for 'show' and the rest is in kana.
みせびらかすUsage10%

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances

Similar words

自じ慢まんする
自慢する means 'to boast' or 'to be proud of' and focuses on talking proudly about something, while 見せびらかす emphasizes the act of visually displaying something to show off.
誇こ示じする
誇示する is a more formal, literary term for 'flaunting' or 'displaying ostentatiously', often used in written or formal contexts, whereas 見せびらかす is colloquial and everyday.

Etymology

Compound of 見せる (miseru, 'to show') and びらかす (birakasu, a verb-forming suffix meaning 'to make a show of', related to びらびら 'flapping, fluttering'). The suffix びらかす adds a nuance of ostentatious display.