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もったい
Kanji
勿体
Noun
Japanese Meaning
尊大ぶった様子や、威厳があるように見せる態度。 / 実際以上に重々しく、いかめしい感じであること。 / 身分や地位などを重んじて、おごりたかぶるさま。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人がえらいふうに見せようとする、じまんしているようす
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
威严气派 / 装腔作势 / 过分隆重
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
架子、派頭 / 自命不凡的氣派 / 裝腔作勢的樣子
Korean Meaning
거들먹거리는 태도 / 잘난 체하는 기세 / 위엄을 가장하는 분위기
Vietnamese Meaning
vẻ quan trọng / vẻ trang trọng, đường bệ / sự uy nghi, tôn nghiêm
Tagalog Meaning
dating o anyo na parang mahalaga / tindig o tikas na may bigat at dangal
Sense（1）
勿体: air of importance
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He is wearing an expensive suit to show off his air of importance.
He is wearing an expensive suit to show off his air of importance.
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彼は自分のもったいを見せつけるために、高級なスーツを着ている。
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