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劣 kanji
inferiority, be inferior to, be worse
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Secondary school
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レツ
Kun readings
おとる
Words with 劣
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —拙劣Popularclumsy; unskillful
- —卑劣Popularmean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly; base
- —優劣Popular(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
- —劣悪Popularpoor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
- —劣化Populardeterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
- —劣勢Popularinferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
- —劣等感Popularinferiority complex; sense of inferiority
- —劣sub-; inferior; minor
- —下劣base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
- —愚劣foolishness; stupidity; silliness
- —低劣low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
- —劣才inferior talents
- —劣者an inferior
- —劣弱inferiority
- —劣情animal passions; carnal desire; lust
- —劣性inferiority; recessiveness; recessive
- —劣等inferiority; low grade
- —劣敗defeat of the weaker
- —陋劣mean; base; nasty
- —劣角minor angle