This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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奇を衒う

奇をてらう
きをてらう
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
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衒う

てらう
to show off; to parade; to pretend
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衒学

げんがく
pedantry; display of learning
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衒学者

げんがくしゃ
pedant; bookworm
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衒学趣味

げんがくしゅみ
pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition
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衒学的

げんがくてき
pedantic
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衒気

げんき
affectation; ostentation; vanity
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衒耀

げんよう
false glitter
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幻妻

衒妻
げんさい
wife; woman; prostitute; streetwalker
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衒い

てらい
affectation; pretension