Results, inferiority
- 劣勢☆【れっせい】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation Antonym: 優勢
あのダークホースは予備選挙の前は、劣勢でした。 The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.
- 劣等【れっとう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- inferiority; low grade Antonym: 優等
あなたが誰かに劣等感を感じる理由はないのです。 There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.
- 下【げ】
noun:
- 下☆【した】
noun:
- below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
- bottom
- beneath; underneath
- just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.
noun / ~の noun:
- inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
noun:
- trade-in ➜ 下取り
prefix noun:
- preliminary; preparatory ➜ 下準備
「ところでよ、そのおめーのおとうさんはどこにいんのさ?」「横転したトラックの下なんよ。」 "By the way, where's your old man?" "Under that over-turned truck."
下に署名してください。 Sign at the bottom, please.
雨が私のレインコートの下までしみとおった。 The rain penetrated my raincoat.
一番下の妹が出世したとき私は我を忘れて嫉妬した。 I was beside myself with jealousy when my youngest sister rose in the world.
- 引け目☆【ひけめ】ひけ目
noun:
- sense of inferiority; one's weak point
私なんか、親戚に会うと引け目を感じてしまうわ。 I feel not quite up to snuff when I meet my relatives.
- 劣等感☆【れっとうかん】
noun:
- inferiority complex
あなたはだれにも劣等感を感じる理由はない。 There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.
- 無勢☆【ぶぜい・むぜい・ぶせいobs.】
noun:
- numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
多勢に無勢。私の企画は残念ながら取り下げますよ。 It looks like I'm outnumbered here. I hate to do it but I'll withdraw my plan.
- 優劣☆【ゆうれつ】
noun:
- (relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
それらの作品には優劣をつけがたい。 I can't tell which work is better than the other.
- 肩身が狭い【かたみがせまい】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority ➜ 肩身の狭い
- 自信喪失【じしんそうしつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex - four character idiom
- 甲乙☆【こうおつ】
noun:
- first and second; A and B
- superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination
- ひがむ☆《僻む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb:
- to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to be prejudiced
- to feel that one has been unfairly treated
- to be jealous; to be envious; to have an inferiority complex
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