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表層形
賎しい
イヤシー
形容詞

賎しい (イヤシー)

Iyashii · いやしー — lowborn, humble, lowly; vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, despicable, dirty, unfair; shabby, poor-looking

Other ways to say “lowborn” in Japanese →

賎しい in rōmaji: iyashii.

形容詞 一般 * *
📝 卑しい 🔤 形容詞 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月27日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
賎しい
見出し語 (Lemma)
卑しい
読み (Reading)
イヤシー
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
終止形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
賎しい
読み・基本形
イヤシー
表記・基本形
賎しい
見出し語の読み
イヤシイ
💡 English Meaning

賎しい means “lowborn, humble, lowly; vulgar, coarse, crude, mean, base, vile, despicable, dirty, unfair; shabby, poor-looking” — full definition & examples →

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卑しい (イヤシー) — main entry →

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イヤシー
Lemma: 卑しい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
卑しいです
否定形 (Negative)
卑しくない
過去形 (Past)
卑しかった
て形 (Te-form)
卑しくて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
卑しく
仮定形 (Conditional)
卑しければ
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形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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