JLPT N1 · い-adjective

卑しい (iyashii)

卑しい (いやしい, iyashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “lowborn; humble”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いやしい
Romaji: iyashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

lowborn; humble; lowly · い-adjective
vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base · い-adjective
shabby; poor-looking · い-adjective
greedy; gluttonous; avaricious · い-adjective

Example sentences

卑しいことは絶対にしない。

He is above all meanness.

Tatoeba #121162

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 卑しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	卑しい	いやしい iyashii
Negative	卑しくない	いやしくない iyashikunai
Past	卑しかった	いやしかった iyashikatta
Negative past	卑しくなかった	いやしくなかった iyashikunakatta
Te-form	卑しくて	いやしくて iyashikute
Adverb (~ku)	卑しく	いやしく iyashiku
Conditional (~ba)	卑しければ	いやしければ iyashikereba

Kanji in 卑しい

卑

lowly, base, vileヒ・いや.しい・いや.しむ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 卑しい.

卑怯ひきょうcowardly

Source: JMdict entry 1482660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.