How to say "proud" in Japanese

• 誇らしいほこらしいCommon
  i-adjectiveCovers the positive sense of 'proud': feeling pride in someone or something, as a parent over a child's success. A haughty, arrogant reading is also possible but secondary.
  彼女かのじょの顔かおは誇ほこらしさで赤あかく上気じょうきしていた。↗

  She was aflame with pride.
• 鼻高々はなたかだかCommon
  na-adjectiveDescribes the triumphant, self-satisfied side of 'proud': elation and visible pleasure after a success, though it can shade into boastfulness or smugness.
• 高慢こうまんCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'proud' only in its disapproving sense: haughty, stuck-up, looking down on others. It does not express the positive pride one feels in an achievement, so it is seldom the word for that meaning.
  ポールはお金持かねもちだったが高慢こうまんにはならなかった。↗

  Paul didn't become arrogant even though he was rich.
• 傲慢ごうまんCommon
  na-adjective, nounAlso gives 'proud' only its bad sense: arrogance that can come across as insolent or disrespectful toward people. For positive pride in achievement, 誇らしい is the appropriate choice.
  彼かれの態度たいどにはごう慢まんなところがある。↗

  His manner partakes of insolence.

Choose 「誇らしい」 for the positive feeling of pride, 鼻高々 for triumphant self-satisfaction, and 高慢 or 傲慢 when 'proud' means haughty or arrogant — of those two, 傲慢 leans toward insolence, 高慢 toward being stuck-up.

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• 誇らしいほこらしいproud
• 鼻高々はなたかだかproud
• 高慢こうまんhaughty
• 傲慢ごうまんhaughty
• プラウドproud
• 傲然ごうぜんproud
• 誇らかほこらかproud
• 誇り高いほこりたかいproud
• 得意げとくいげproud
• 鼻が高いはながたかいproud
• 誇らしげほこらしげproud
• 鼻の高いはなのたかいproud
• 誇り高きほこりたかきproud
• 自慢気じまんげproud
• 昂然こうぜんelated
• 鼻息が荒いはないきがあらいimperious
• 鼻息の荒いはないきのあらいimperious
• 倨傲きょごうhaughty
• 偉そうえらそうself-important
• 肩身が広いかたみがひろい(feeling) proud