Frequency rank: 5,011. – 5,015.
- to look down (on); to condescend (to)
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
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Sometimes rich people look down on other people who do not have much money.
You mustn't despise him because he didn't win a prize.
Nick looks down on anyone who comes from a rural area.
You should never look down on a man merely because he is poor.
16. かつてわたくし私のらてんごラテン語きょうし教師は、めがねメガネのえん縁からいかめしくわたくし私をみくだしていた見下していた。でもいま今は、それはただ、かのじょ彼女がどくしょ読書よう用のめがねをかけていたメガネをかけていたので、それをしょっちゅうはずす外すこと事をやっかいにおもった思ったのだとわかる分かる。つまり、わたしたち私たちせいと生徒にむけて向けてまるでさげすんでいる蔑んでいるようにみえていた見えていたものは、どうやらじっさい実際はやさし優しさだったのである。
My Latin teacher used to look down sternly on me over the rim of her glasses, but now I know it only had to do with the fact that she was wearing reading glasses and that she will have found it a nuisance taking them off all the time, so what looked like contempt towards us students might well and truly have been kindness.