READING  ベツ、さげす-む
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JLPT level N1 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
ぶべつ
scorn, disdain, contempt, slight
べっし
contempt, derision, slight
じょせいべっし
discrimination against women, female discrimination
 
Example sentences
侮蔑
家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて 「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
 
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