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虚栄心きょえいしん (kyoeishin)

vanity

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Meaning

虚栄心 (きょえいしん, kyoeishin) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “vanity”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

あの人ひとは虚栄きょえい心しんが強つよい

That person is vain.

彼かれの手紙てがみで彼女かのじょは虚栄きょえい心しんを傷きずつけられた。

His letter hurt Jane's vanity.

ほめても彼の虚栄心が満たされるだけだ.

Praise will only feed his vanity.

息子を一流大学に入れたいと思うのも親の虚栄心かもしれない.

It is perhaps out of vanity that parents try to send their sons to prestigious [big‐name] universities.

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