立彬の日本語
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見栄， 見え， 見得， みえ
1. show, display, pretensions, appearances, ostentation, vanity 2. pose, posture
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彼女は好奇心からというより見栄からテニスを始めた。
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She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity.
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ビバリーヒルズのような高級住宅地で見栄を張り合うのは高くつく。
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Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive in rich town like Beverly Hills.
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