| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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衒う
|
てらう
|
to show off
to parade
to pretend
|
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衒学
|
げんがく
|
pedantry
display of learning
|
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衒気
|
げんき
|
affectation
ostentation
vanity
|
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衒耀
|
げんよう
|
false glitter
|
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衒学者
|
げんがくしゃ
|
pedant
bookworm
|
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衒学的
|
げんがくてき
|
pedantic
|
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奇を衒う
奇をてらう
|
きをてらう
|
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity)
to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
|
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衒学趣味
|
げんがくしゅみ
|
pedantry
display of one's learning
being of a pedantic disposition
|
|
女衒
|
ぜげん
|
someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution
pimp
procurer
|
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衒い
|
てらい
|
affectation
pretension
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