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いばる

威張る

ibaru

less common

English

to be arrogant, to boss around

नेपाली

घमण्ड गर्नु, आफूलाई ठूलो देखाउनु

Examples

  1. 彼かれはいつも威張いばっています。

    He's always throwing his weight around.

  2. 部下ぶかに威張いばる上司じょうしは、信頼しんらいされません。

    A boss who acts high and mighty with their staff won't be trusted.

  3. 地位ちいが上あがっても、威張いばるものではありません。

    Even when you rise in rank, you shouldn't act arrogant.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

威 9 strokes
張 11 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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