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見下す (みくだす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 見下す · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 見み 下くだ す 見み 下くだ さない Polite 見み 下くだ します 見み 下くだ しません Past polite 見み 下くだ しました 見み 下くだ しませんでした Past 見み 下くだ した 見み 下くだ さなかった Te-form 見み 下くだ して 見み 下くだ さないで Desire 見み 下くだ したい 見み 下くだ したくない Potential 見み 下くだ せる 見み 下くだ せない Passive 見み 下くだ される 見み 下くだ されない Causative 見み 下くだ させる 見み 下くだ させない Causative passive 見み 下くだ させられる 見み 下くだ させられない Volitional 見み 下くだ そう Polite volitional 見み 下くだ しましょう Imperative 見み 下くだ せ 見み 下くだ すな Conditional 見み 下くだ せば 見み 下くだ さなければ Tara conditional 見み 下くだ したら 見み 下くだ さなかったら
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な
態たい
度ど
を
とる
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He always acts as if he looks down on others.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 見み 下くだ す to look down on someone
He always looks down on his subordinates.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 見み 下くだ したような 態たい 度ど をとる to take a condescending attitude toward someone
She took a condescending attitude toward the new employee.
見み 下くだ した 目め で 見み る to look at someone with condescending eyes
He always looks at the people around him with condescending eyes.
Related words· 9 軽蔑する is a more formal, explicit word for despising someone, while 見下す emphasizes a condescending attitude of superiority.
馬鹿にする is a casual way to say someone is being mocked or treated as foolish, whereas 見下す focuses on a broader sense of looking down on someone's worth.
見くびる means to underestimate or belittle someone's ability, while 見下す is broader and covers general contempt or condescension.
侮る means to underestimate or take someone lightly, often implying carelessness, while 見下す stresses a feeling of being above someone.
Show 5 more 蔑む is a literary, strong word for scorning or despising someone, while 見下す is more common and can range from mild condescension to outright contempt.
見下す means to look down on someone with condescension, while 軽んじる focuses on treating someone or something as unimportant.
見下す means to look down on someone in general, while 子供扱い specifically means treating an adult as if they were a child.
Opposites 尊敬する means to respect and admire someone, the opposite attitude of 見下す, which means to look down on them with contempt.
見下す means to look down on someone as inferior, the opposite of 一目置く, which means to recognize someone as superior.
見下す means to look down on or despise someone, the negative social opposite of the figurative sense of 見上げる.
Don't confuse with 見下ろす means to physically look down from a high place, while 見下す means to look down on someone emotionally with contempt or condescension.
見下す means to look down on someone with contempt, a very different meaning from 下す's sense of handing down a formal decision or defeating an opponent.
Written forms 見み 下くだ す Usage 98%
みくだす Usage 2%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
Etymology Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 下す (kudasu, 'lower'). Literally 'to look down', extended to a figurative sense of looking down on someone.
見下す means to look down on someone from a position of assumed superiority, while 貶める implies actively trying to damage that person's reputation or worth.
見下す is a formal, direct way to say 'look down on', while 舐める is slangy and carries a stronger nuance of contempt.
