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vain

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Source Word

vain

IPA(Pronunciation)

/veɪn/

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

Japanese Meaning

外見に過剰な誇りを持つ、虚栄心の強い / 自分の成果を根拠薄く高く評価する、自己陶酔的な

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She was so vain that she spent an hour every morning perfecting her hair before leaving the house.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は見栄っ張りで、家を出る前に毎朝1時間かけて髪を整えていた。

Sense（1）

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

Sense（2）

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

I will not hear thy vain excuse

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

vain toil a vain attempt

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（4）

Showy; ostentatious.

Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome vain Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, […]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

vainer

（ comparative ）

more vain

（ comparative ）

vainest

（ superlative ）

most vain

（ superlative ）

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