Info on the Kanji 劣 | What's a Kanji? |
| inferiority, be inferior to, be worse | |
| onyomi | RETSU |
| kunyomi | oto-ru |
| stroke count | 6 |
| grade | s |
| jlpt level | N1 |
| Example words with 劣 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 劣れつ retsu | sub- / inferior / minor |
| 下劣げれつ geretsu | base / mean / vulgar |
| 愚劣ぐれつ guretsu | foolishness / stupidity / silliness |
| 拙劣せつれつ setsuretsu | clumsy / unskillful |
| 低劣ていれつ tei retsu | low grade / inferiority / coarseness / vulgarity |
| 卑劣ひれつ hiretsu | mean / foul play / cowardly / base |
| 優劣ゆうれつ yuuretsu | merits / superiority or inferiority / quality |
| 劣るおとる otoru | to be inferior to / to be less good at / to fall behind |
| 劣悪れつあく retsuaku | inferiority / coarseness |
| 劣化れっか rekka | deterioration / degradation / drop in quality |
| 劣角れつかく retsu kaku | minor angle |
| 劣機れつき retsu ki | inability to follow buddhist teachings / person unable to follow buddhist teachings |
| 劣弧れつこ retsu ko | minor arc |
| 劣才れつさい retsu sai | inferior talents |
| 劣者れつもの retsu mono | an inferior |
| 劣弱れつじゃく retsu jaku | inferiority |
| 劣情れつじょう retsujou | animal passions / carnal desire / lust |
| 劣勢れっせい ressei | inferiority / inferior position / disadvantage / unfavorable situation / unfavourable situation |
| 劣性れっせい ressei | recessiveness / recessive |
| 劣等れっとう rettou | inferiority / low grade |
| 劣敗れつはい retsu hai | defeat of the weaker |
| 鄙劣ひれつ hi retsu | mean / foul play / cowardly / base |
| 陋劣ろうれつ rouretsu | mean / base / nasty |
| 見劣りみおとり miotori | unfavourable comparison / unfavorable comparison |
| 卑劣漢ひれつかん hiretsu kan | mean bastard / sneak / heel / despicable person |
| 劣らずおとらず otora zu | with the best of them / as the next fellow |
| 劣後債れつのちさい retsu nochi sai | subordinated debt |
| 劣勢感れっせいかん ressei kan | inferiority complex |
| 劣等感れっとうかん rettoukan | inferiority complex |
| 劣等財れっとうざい rettou zai | inferior goods |
| 劣等種れっとうたね rettou tane | inferior species / inferior breed / inferior race |
| 劣等生れっとうせい rettousei | poor student |
| に劣らずにおとらず ni otora zu | just like / the same as / no different than |
| 画像劣化がぞうれっか gazou rekka | image, video degradation |
| 環境劣化かんきょうれっか kankyou rekka | environmental degradation |
| 経年劣化けいねんれっか keinenrekka | degradation over time / time-related deterioration |
| 信号劣化しんごうれっか shingou rekka | signal degradation |
| 品質劣化ひんしつれっか hinshitsu rekka | quality degradation |
| 品性下劣ひんせいげれつ hinseigeretsu | of low character |
| 優勝劣敗ゆうしょうれつはい yuushou retsu hai | survival of the fittest |
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| Example Sentences with 劣 |
| そのため、派遣労働者は劣悪な労働条件の下で働いている。 彼女は兄に勝るとも劣らぬくらい英語が上手だ。 彼女は英語を話すのが得意で、兄に勝るとも劣らぬくらいだ。 劣等感―それは正確にはどういうことか。 |
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