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► 動詞
見せびらかす  [(5)みせびらかす]    meaning:  show off  rank: 2
☆ しいを見せびらかしている ⇨ He is showing off his new car

ひけらかす  [(4)ひけらかす]    meaning:  show off  rank: 3
☆ 知識をひけらかすのが好きだ ⇨ He likes to show off his knowledge

振り翳す  [(4)ふりかざす]    meaning:  show off  rank: 3
☆ 権力有りながらそれを振りかざさないどいない ⇨ There are few people who have power but won’t brandish it

誇示  [(1)こじ]  [誇示する]    meaning:  show off  rank: 4
☆ 何事自分権力を誇示するためにやっている ⇨ He is doing everything to flaunt his power

衒う  [てらう]    meaning:  show off  rank: 4
☆ 衒っい ⇨ He has zero pretension  (☛ Do something showy to promote oneself)

► 成句
  [き]  [奇を衒う]    meaning:  show off  rank: 3
☆ は奇を衒っい ⇨ He never does any theatrics to get attention. He has zero pretension, affectation  (☛ Do something unusual to show off one’s abilities, or attract attention)

► 名詞
此れ見よがし  [これみよがし]    meaning:  show off  rank: 3
☆ 彼女ダイヤ指輪をこれ見よがしにしている ⇨ She is ostentatiously wearing, showing off, her diamond ring  (☛ Literally “as if to say look at this”)

► 形容動詞
派手  [(2)はで]    meaning:  show off  rank: 2
☆ は派手な格好似合う ⇨ He looks good with a flashy outfit