高飛車|たかびしゃtakabisha[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounhigh-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
    高飛車たかびしゃに出でたね。↗
    So you are acting high-handedly.
Conjugation
Plain form高飛車(たかびしゃ)
Polite (desu)高飛車です(たかびしゃです)
Negative (dewa nai)高飛車ではない(たかびしゃではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)高飛車ではありません(たかびしゃではありません)
Past (datta)高飛車だった(たかびしゃだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)高飛車ではなかった(たかびしゃではなかった)
Te form (de)高飛車で(たかびしゃで)
Adverbial (ni)高飛車に(たかびしゃに)
Conditional (nara)高飛車なら(たかびしゃなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym横柄おうへいNeutralArrogant and rude in attitude; often describes one's tone of speech or manner of treating people. Common in everyday speech.
  • Synonym高慢こうまんNeutralLooking down on others out of conceit; stresses a proud, self-important character and need not imply a forceful attitude.
  • Synonym傲慢ごうまんNeutralArrogant and disrespectful, of character or attitude; applies more widely than 「高飛車」.
  • Synonym独裁的どくさいてきNeutralDictatorial; concerns how decisions are made single-handedly, not merely an arrogant attitude.
  • Synonym傲慢不遜ごうまんふそんWrittenA four-character idiom meaning haughty and insolent; more literary than 「高飛車」 and heavier in tone.
  • Synonym居丈高いたけだかNeutralOverbearing and intimidating; stresses fierce, threatening talk that presses down on people.
  • Synonym尊大そんだいWrittenWritten: putting on grand airs from a position of advantage; often describes high-status people acting self-important.
  • Synonym驕傲きょうごうWrittenA rare, literary Sino-Japanese word for pride and self-conceit. 「高飛車」 stresses a forceful, domineering attitude toward people.
  • Synonym驕慢きょうまんWrittenArrogant and overbearing; found mainly in Buddhist texts or classical writing and rarely used in modern Japanese.
  • Synonym高慢ちきこうまんちきCasualColloquial and mocking or abusive; refers to a person who is stuck-up and treats others with contempt.
  • RelatedワンマンNeutralDescribes a dictatorial person, often a boss or leader, who runs things single-handedly and ignores others' opinions.
  • Related高姿勢こうしせいNeutralA tough, aggressive stance; often used of negotiations and, unlike 「高飛車」, not necessarily derogatory.
  • Related不遜ふそんWrittenWritten: conceited and lacking humility, slighting others; common as 「不遜な態度」. 「高飛車」 stresses pressing people with a forceful tone.
  • Related傲岸ごうがんWrittenHaughty and unyielding, scorning everyone; often seen in the set phrase 「傲岸不遜」. Literary in register.
  • Related高圧的こうあつてきNeutralCoercing others through power or authority, as in 「高圧的な態度」; stresses pressing people by force.
  • Related御高いおたかいCasualColloquial; usually in 「お高くとまる」, for acting aloof and too good to associate with others.
  • Related威圧的いあつてきNeutralIntimidating others with one's presence or power; stresses the feeling of being pressured or overawed.
  • Antonym低姿勢ていしせいNeutralKeeping a low, deferential profile; the opposite of the domineering stance of 「高飛車」.
  • Antonym謙虚けんきょNeutralModest and free of conceit; the opposite of overbearing arrogance, often used in judging a person's character.

Everyday talk about an arrogant attitude: 「横柄」 or 「偉そう」. Pressing people down from the start: 「高飛車」 or 「高圧的」. A conceited character: 「高慢」 or 「傲慢」. 「高姿勢」 is a tough stance, often in negotiations and not necessarily negative; 「居丈高」 is fierce, threatening talk; 「ワンマン」 and 「独裁的」 are about dictatorial control. Literary: 「傲慢不遜」, 「尊大」, 「不遜」, 「傲岸」, 「驕傲」, 「驕慢」. Colloquial: 「高慢ちき」 mocks a stuck-up person; 「御高い」 (「お高くとまる」) is aloofness. Antonyms: 「低姿勢」, 「謙虚」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 相手あいてを見下みくだして、横柄おうへいな態度たいどで接せっすること。
  2. 自分じぶんの意見いけんや立場たちばが正ただしいと思い込おもいこみ、他人たにんの意見いけんを聞きかない様子ようす。
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