self-congratulation

grin like a shot fox〈豪俗〉

It's no time for complacency.◆【使い方に注意】complacency〈軽蔑的〉

beam smugly

with a self-satisfied glint in one's eye

slip into self-complacency

do ~ to satisfy oneself

do ~ for indulgence's sake

self-satisfied smile

smile of self-satisfaction

shit-eating grin〈米俗・卑〉

have a shit-eating grin on one's face〈米俗・卑〉

Complacency sometimes makes you lazy.

I am sure we have a lot to learn from this ability to attain self-satisfaction.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1995年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT106086", "2330153"

breed a complacency〈軽蔑的〉

not allow someone to be complacent

a sense of complacency

ego trip

fall into self-satisfaction as

feel pleased with oneself for

feel a mixture of smugness and pride over

be content with simply owning

Bell, writing in 1956, the Golden Age of Eisenhower imbecility and American self-satisfaction, identified the unorganized, unorganizable malaise of the 1970's and since,〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_ABOLI2", "2266384"

Information is something you use and explore to be content with yourself.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT145076", "2369417"

While the number of these tests is increasing, most are not so applicable for gaining work, but people will still be able to gain a lot of self-satisfaction from taking them.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT241034", "2567648"

This may be a little risky and limiting, because information becomes a tool to seduce others rather than something to provide you with self-satisfaction.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT145076", "2535525"

However, a huge amount of the information out there, are sites related to individuals' self-satisfaction and enterprises' public relations.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT179021", "2324513"

You just want to satisfy your own ego trip.

do it just as a feel-good

They also said "The campaign will address the real culprit, which is ignorance, complacency, and the way we stigmatize the disease, so that people don't want to talk about it."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT166050", "2523545"

I am sick and tired of self-satisfaction and public relations sites.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT179021", "2330068"

and, had it been understood, an important correction to the complacency ordinarily associated with the volume in which it was collected, The End of Ideology.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_ABOLI2", "2588986"

'Hip' female high school students, copy the clothes and styles of actors and actresses who they admire and in this way gain their own personal satisfaction.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT139033", "2185969"

Creating graves for pets and holding services for them might be self-satisfying for people.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT072011", "2282376"

By wearing new brands that the average person doesn't know about while holding major brands in check, one can indulge in the self-satisfaction that 'I'm this much ahead of fashion.'〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122010", "2277201"

I feel that, "Ladies first" only satisfies men's self contentment.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1994年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT098013", "2333720"

The things you do for a man are your choice. If you always act like you're only doing it for him, most men get fed up and want to bail out. You're actually doing those things for your own satisfaction.

end up as mere gratification of the ego

lead to a dangerous complacency〈軽蔑的〉

Many enthusiastic collectors are not interested in selling their collections and are content with simply owning their valuable treasures.〔【出典】『これが分かれば日本通』（田仲邦子著）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA03-106", "2398498"

Karaoke is truly a world of self-satisfaction.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT288023", "2391132"

This is an awfully self-contented world, where just like singing in a karaoke bar, nobody is eager to listen to their songs.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2004年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT209032", "2533285"