侮蔑

ぶべつ

contempt

What does 侮蔑 mean?

侮蔑 is a Japanese noun meaning contempt in English. It is written as 侮蔑 in kanji, ぶべつ in hiragana, and bubetsu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

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.