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謙 けん self-effacing

Primary Information

Kunyomi

へりくだ.る

Onyomi

けん

Meanings

self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest

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Composition Elements

謙 self-effacing consists of the elements 言 say and 兼 concurrently

Used In Vocabulary

謙虚
けんきょ
modest
謙遜
けんそん
modesty
謙る
へりくだる
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener
謙譲語
けんじょうご
humble language
謙譲の美徳
けんじょうのびとく
modest virtue
謙抑
けんよく
humbling oneself
恭謙
きょうけん
modesty
謙辞
けんじ
modest word
謙譲語Ｉ
けんじょうごいち
humble language in which the listener
謙譲語ＩＩ
けんじょうごに
humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener
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