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威張る

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威張る — “to be arrogant, to put on airs, to boss around”

威張る (read いばる) means to be arrogant, to put on airs, to boss around. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

いばる

Meaning

to be arrogant, to put on airs, to boss around

威張る in a sentence

先輩せんぱいが威張っいばっている。

My senior is being bossy.

The kanji in 威張る

威authority, might
張to stretch taut

Words that share a kanji with 威張る

頑張るがんばる— to do one's best, to persevere, to try hard
緊張きんちょう— tension, nervousness, strain
主張しゅちょう— assertion, insistence, claim
引っ張るひっぱる— to pull, to tug, to drag
張り切るはりきる— to be in high spirits, to be enthusiastic, to go at it with vigor
拡張かくちょう— extension, expansion, widening
出張しゅっちょう— business trip
欲張りよくばり— greedy, avaricious

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