見み栄えっ張ぱり

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun, na-adjective

vain person; show-off; ostentatious person

Describes someone who is overly concerned with appearances and tries to look better than they are. Often used critically.

彼かれは見み栄えっ張ぱりだから、いつも高たかい服ふくを買かっている。
He's a show-off, so he's always buying expensive clothes.
見み栄えっ張ぱりな態たい度どは友とも達だちを遠とおざけるよ。
A vain attitude will drive your friends away.

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Usage patterns

見栄みえっ張ぱりな〈人ひと〉〉a vain, ostentatious person
彼かれは見み栄えっ張ぱりな人ひとで、いつも高こう価かな物ものを買かいたがる。
He's a vain person who always wants to buy expensive things.
〈人ひと〉〉は見栄みえっ張ぱりだsomeone is a show-off / vain about appearances
彼かの女じょは見み栄えっ張ぱりだから、いつもブランド物ものを身みにつけている。
She's such a show-off that she always wears brand-name items.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
栄flourish, prosperity, honor
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Related words

虚きょ栄えい心しんN1
虚栄心 is the formal, abstract term for vanity as a trait, while 見栄っ張り describes a person who displays that trait.
気き取どり屋や
気取り屋 focuses on someone who puts on airs or acts affectedly, while 見栄っ張り emphasizes trying to look better or richer than one really is.

Opposites

謙けん虚きょN2
謙虚 describes a modest, humble person, the opposite of a 見栄っ張り who exaggerates their status or appearance.

Don't confuse with

見み栄えN1
見栄 is the abstract noun for vanity or putting on a show, while 見栄っ張り refers specifically to a person who habitually does this.

Built from

見み栄え+張はる

Written forms

見み栄えっ張ぱりUsage74%
Standard kanji spelling.
見み栄えっぱりUsage15%
Variant spelling using っぱり instead of っ張り.
見みえっ張ぱりUsage6%
Rare variant using 見え instead of 見栄.
みえっぱりUsage4%

Etymology

Compound of 見栄 (みえ, 'appearance, show') + っ張り (っぱり, from 張る, 'to stick out, show off'). The っ張り suffix indicates a person who habitually does something.