to be proud, to swagger
Example sentences
彼は下のものにいばっている。
He is haughty to his juniors.
彼は英雄だったが、威張ってなかった。
Hero as he was, he was not boastful.
一年先輩だからって、そんなに威張らなくていいじゃない。
Who said you can swagger around like that just because you're one year ahead of me?
More N2 vocabulary
- 湿るto be wet, to become wet, to be damp
- あいかわらずas ever, as usual, the same
- 武士warrior, samurai
- 入れ物container, case, receptacle
- 鈍いdull (e.g. a knife), thickheaded, slow (opposite of fast), stupid
- 発想expression (music), conceptualization