内弁慶 | Japanese meaning

内弁慶【うちべんけい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

Forms

内弁慶【うちべんけい】
うちべんけい

Generated definitions (experimental)

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

This term describes a person who displays confidence and arrogance in familiar environments, particularly at home, but becomes submissive and timid in public or unfamiliar settings.

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He is boastful at home and always talks about his accomplishments.

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When he goes outside, he shows a completely different attitude and doesn’t talk to anyone.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to be a lion at home and a mouse abroadthe character of being haughty and boastful at homea person who is haughty at hometo play the role of a lion at hometo grow up to be haughty at homea meek and reserved person outside who is haughty at homea haughty attitude at homea lion in the family settingan example of being haughty at hometo correct the tendency of being haughty at home

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

うちのなか中ではいばる威張るが、そとではいくじ意気地がないこと．.また、そのようなさまやひと人．.

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Example sentences

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1. 。

He is a lion at home and a mouse outside.

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2. 。

Every cock crows on his own dunghill.