慢心|まんしんmanshin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbself-conceit; pride
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 慢心する（まんしんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 慢心します（まんしんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 慢心しない（まんしんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 慢心しません（まんしんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 慢心せず・慢心せぬ（まんしんせず・まんしんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 慢心した（まんしんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 慢心しました（まんしんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 慢心しなかった（まんしんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 慢心しませんでした（まんしんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 慢心して（まんしんして） |
| Potential | 慢心できる（まんしんできる） |
| Passive | 慢心される（まんしんされる） |
| Causative | 慢心させる（まんしんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 慢心させられる（まんしんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 慢心すれば（まんしんすれば） |
| tara | 慢心したら（まんしんしたら） |
| Volitional | 慢心しよう（まんしんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 慢心しましょう（まんしんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 慢心しろ（まんしんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym自惚れうぬぼれCasualColloquial: being full of yourself, a conceited mindset. 「慢心」 is more written-style and implies slacking off after success.
- Synonym驕りおごりNeutralFocuses on feeling superior to others and looking down on them; more about attitude toward people than 「慢心」, which is smugness from success.
- Synonym思い上がりおもいあがりCasualColloquial: overestimating yourself and acting high and mighty. 「慢心」 is about letting your guard down out of smugness.
- Synonym倨傲きょごうWrittenRare, literary: a haughty, insolent manner toward others; more outwardly arrogant than 「慢心」.
- Synonym驕傲きょうごうWrittenRare, archaic-sounding word for proud self-satisfaction, confined to formal prose; even more bookish than 「慢心」.
- Related自負じふWrittenWritten-style: confidence in your own abilities; can be a compliment, more positive than the critical 「慢心」.
- Related自慢じまんCasualColloquial: boasting to others about your achievements or possessions; a matter of words and deeds, not an inner attitude like 「慢心」.
- Related虚栄心きょえいしんWrittenWritten-style: vanity — concern for appearances and hollow reputation, about outward image rather than smugness from success.
- Related自負心じふしんWrittenWritten-style: affirming your own worth and abilities; fairly neutral, not the criticism 「慢心」 implies.
- RelatedナルシシズムWrittenLoanword for narcissism: self-infatuation and self-absorption; has a psychological flavor, used in formal prose.
- Related我褒めわれぼめWrittenRare, old-fashioned term for praising yourself in words; 「慢心」 by contrast is an inner state of smugness.
- Antonym謙虚けんきょNeutralAntonym: modest and humble, without the smug self-satisfaction of 「慢心」.
- Antonym謙遜けんそんNeutralAntonym: humility — keeping a low profile and not boasting, the opposite of 「慢心」.
Use 「慢心」 for smug complacency after success, as in 「慢心が敗因だ」 or 「慢心するな」. In casual speech, 「自惚れ」 and 「思い上がり」 fit; 「自負」 is confident pride in one's abilities and can be positive. The opposite is 「謙虚」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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