Components
卑しい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いやしい
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1. lowborn; humble; lowly
2. vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
3. shabby
4. greedy; gluttonous; avaricious
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 123,129 which gives a rank of 3,144
いやしい is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 205,000 (about 222,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
りん
とした
ひと
いや
しい
ひと
なぜ
おとな
大人
たち
はじし
恥知
らず
なった title of book, album etc.
Refined People, Vulgar People: Why Have Adults Become Shameless?
いや
しい
こと
ぜったい
絶対
しない
He is above all meanness.
かれ
いや
しい
ふるま
振舞
した
He behaved in a cheap manner.
卑しい
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Reading : いやしい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 118,000 (about 1,120,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5332 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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賤しい
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Reading : いやしい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 231,000 (about 70,700 results)
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ヒ   いやしい shabby, mean, vulgar   いやしむ    いやしめる to disdain, scorn   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
stony rice field
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dot   
デン   た rice field   
セン   しず    いやしい lowborn   
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damage   
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tasseled spear
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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