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横柄 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

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横(おう)柄(へい)

Rank #23,872

Found in 292 VNs · 911 total media

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Meanings

adj-nan

arrogant
haughty
insolent

Pitch accent

Forms

横柄

99.0%

押柄

おうへい

1.0%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

「うわ気のせいか態度まで横柄になってますよ」

Source: Ikinari Anata ni Koishiteiru

近所のお金持ち学校に通い、いつも横柄で主人公をアゴで使っていたお嬢様。

Source: HENPRI: HENTAI PRISON

千晶を諭す子供たちのほうも十分に横柄な口調なのだが、うろたえる千晶はそこまで気が回らない。

Source: 428: Shibuya Scramble

Sentences with Translation

from Tatoeba

彼女は横柄に私に代わって返事した。

She arrogantly answered in my place.

Kanji

横

horizontal, perverse, side, sideways, unreasonable, width, woof

Heisig: sideways

N2Grade 315 strokes#655 freq

On'yomi

オウ

Kun'yomi

よこ

Common Compounds

横書(よこがき)writing horizontally, horizontal writing

横着(おうちゃく)impudent, brazenly dishonest

経緯

Conjugations

na-adjective

Dictionary横柄

Plain present

Polite横柄です

Polite present

Negative横柄じゃない

Plain negative

Past横柄だった

Plain past

Te-form横柄で

Connective

Adverb横柄に

Adverbial form

Conditional横柄なら(ば)

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

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Recent Words

開設

かいせつn · vsJul 26

establishment; opening; setting up

代打ち

だいうちnJul 24

playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf

密通

みっつうn · vsJul 23

adultery; illicit intercourse

Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

おうへい○

Most found in

Kawarazaki-ke no Ichizoku 2

14 occurrences

Most found in

Kawarazaki-ke no Ichizoku 2

14 occurrences

(たてよこ)

length and breadth, length and width

横道(よこみち)wrong way, digression

横綱(よこづな)yokozuna (highest rank in sumo), grand champion

横顔(よこがお)(personal) profile, (biographical) sketch, outline (of someone's life)

横断(おうだん)cutting horizontally, sectioning laterally

横ぎる(よこぎる)to cross (e.g. road), to traverse

柄

build, character, crank, design, grip, handle, knob, nature, pattern, shaft

Heisig: design

N1Junior high9 strokes#882 freq

On'yomi

ヘイ

Kun'yomi

え、がら、つか

Common Compounds

身柄(みがら)one's person

間柄(あいだがら)relationship, relation, terms (good, friendly, etc.)

手柄(てがら)achievement, feat, meritorious deed

事柄(ことがら)matter, thing, affair

人柄(ひとがら)personality, character, personal appearance

取得(とりえ)worth, merit, value

家柄(いえがら)good family

役柄(やくがら)role

Leader Protagonist

in 4 VNs

social studies (school subject)

禁止品

きんしひんnJul 21

prohibited article