despicable

(villain) + (numeral4)
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Onyomi

HI

Mnemonic

HE's such a despicable villain, he spit in 4 of my rice fields!!

Kunyomi

いや*しい foul, trifling,low, despicable - not used trivially. Used about child molesters and such.. Often used like this: 'XXXに いやしい',where XXX is the thing he's a dick about.
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いや*しむべき contemptable, despicable (literally, "ought to be despised.")
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いや*しめる to despise someone. This is where it gets tricky. Only a bully or a dick いやしめるs someone.i.e. "Ha ha your parents got divorced!" or something. I guess you could say, "Don't いやしめる or you will become いやしい."
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Jukugo

卑怯(ひきょう)

treacherous coward ★☆☆☆☆
(despicable) + (get afeared) = 卑怯 (treacherous coward)

not just a coward ,but someone who does treacherous, trifling bullshit because they're a coward - like if they fight you they know they can't win fairly so they'll knee your groin, they're a 卑怯なmotherfucker.

卑下(ひげ) する

put yourself down ☆☆☆☆☆
(despicable) + (below) = 卑下 (put yourself down)

to put yourself down (BOOBOO: only used when talking to others - mumbling "I suck!" to yourself doesn't count for some reason)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
ascend SUN
dialect MOOCOW
despicable VILLAIN

The SUN ascends every DAY,

but the MOOCOW'S dialect is hard to say.

the VILLAIN is , of course, despicable.

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Synonyms

coward
腰抜け    意気地なし    卑怯な   
detest
侮る    嫌がる    憎しみ    憎らしい    卑しめる    いやしむべき 忌み嫌う    忌まわしい    卑しむ   
obscene
猥褻    卑猥    エロイなぁ~