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卑しい いやしい N1

  1. humble; lowborn; lowly
  2. base; coarse; crude; despicable; dirty; mean; unfair; vile; vulgar
  3. poor-looking; shabby
  4. avaricious; gluttonous; greedy

卑しい生まれ いやしいうまれ

  1. lowborn; of humble birth

足を洗う あしをあらう

  1. to cut one's ties with; to go straight; to quit (a shady business); to turn over a new leaf; to wash one's hands of
  2. to wash one's feet
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