誇ほこり

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

A positive sense of pride in one's own achievements, qualities, or affiliations; also used for something that brings honor or credit to someone.

誇ほこりを持もつto have/hold pride in something
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの仕し事ごとに誇ほこりを持もっている。
He takes pride in his work.
誇ほこりを感かんじるto feel pride
息子むすこの成せい功こうに誇ほこりを感かんじた。
I felt proud of my son's success.
誇ほこりを傷きずつけるto hurt someone's pride
その発はつ言げんは彼かの女じょの誇ほこりを傷きずつけた。
That remark hurt her pride.
誇ほこりを守まもるto protect/uphold one's pride
彼かれは最さい後ごまで自じ分ぶんの誇ほこりを守まもった。
He protected his pride until the end.
〈人ひと〉の誇ほこりとなるto become a source of pride for someone
この賞しょうは家か族ぞくの誇ほこりとなった。
This award became a source of pride for the family.
誇ほこりを捨すてるto set aside/give up one's pride
彼かれは誇ほこりを捨すてて謝あやまった。
He set aside his pride and apologized.

自じ慢まんN3
自慢 often implies boasting or showing off one's achievements, while 誇り expresses a deeper, more dignified sense of pride.
プライドN2
プライド is a loanword that can carry a personal or stubborn connotation of pride, whereas 誇り is generally a positive, dignified feeling.
自じ負ふ
自負 is pride specifically rooted in one's own proven abilities or achievements, while 誇り is a broader word for pride that can also apply to external things like family or country.
ダスト
ほこり is the everyday native Japanese word for household dust, while ダスト is a loanword often used in technical, industrial, or product-name contexts (e.g., ダストボックス).

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光こう栄えい
誇り is pride that comes from within oneself or one's own accomplishments, whereas 光栄 is the honor one feels from being recognized or treated well by others.
自じ尊そん心しんN1
誇り expresses positive pride in an achievement or honor, whereas 自尊心 covers the broader sense of self-worth and can also imply excessive conceit.
自じ尊そん
誇り is a broader, positive word for 'pride' in one's achievements or identity, whereas 自尊 focuses narrowly on a sense of one's own worth and can suggest self-importance.
誉ほまれ
誇り refers to the personal feeling of pride one holds inside, while 誉れ refers to the outward honor or high reputation one earns in others' eyes.

恥はじN2
恥 means shame or disgrace, the emotional opposite of the honorable feeling expressed by 誇り.

ほこりN3
埃 (ほこり) means 'dust' and is a completely unrelated homophone of 誇り (ほこり), which means 'pride'.

Derived from the verb 誇る (ほこる, 'to be proud of'). The noun form 誇り represents the state or feeling of pride.