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► 動詞
貶す  [けなす]    meaning:  criticize  rank: 2
☆ 何故自分子供を貶すいのか理解出来ない ⇨ I can never understand why many parents just find faults with their own children  (☛ Criticize unfairly and destructively)

貶める  [(4)おとしめる]  [liter]    meaning:  disdain  rank: 3
☆ 他人を貶めることで自分をよくせようとする ⇨ He tries to make himself look better by degrading others