見栄 みえ
mie

Noun

1. show; display; pretensions; appearances; ostentation; vanity

彼女 かのじょ好奇 こうき しんからというより見栄 みえからテニスを はじめた。
kanojowa kōkishinkarato iuyori miekara tenisuo hajimeta.
She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity.
Noun

2. pose; posture

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