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Meanings

self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest

Features

Usage information

  • Frequency rank : 1582
  • Grade : jouyou
  • JLPT level : 1

Encodings

  • Unicode : 8b19
  • JIS 208 : 24-12

Coding

  • SKIP code : 1-7-10
  • S&H descriptor : 7a10.10
  • Four Corner code : 0863.7
  • De Roo's code : 3064

Dictionary entries

Classic Nelson < 4422 >
New Nelson < 5686 >
Halpern < 1617 >
Halpern Kodansha < 1076 >
Heisig < 1600 >
Gakken < 1607 >
O'Neill Names < 2646 >
O'Neill Kanji < 1545 >
Morohashi < 35821P >
Henshall < 1222 >
Kanji & Kana < 1687 >
Hodges & Okazaki < 1766 >
Tuttle < 1883 >
Kanji in Context < 1581 >
Kodansha Compact < 1706 >
Maniette < 1614 >

Related words

  • 謙虚 - けんきょ - modesty; humility; ...
  • 謙遜 - けんそん - humble; humility; modesty; ...
  • 恭謙 - きょうけん - modesty; humility; ...
  • 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 (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy; ...
  • 謙譲語1 - けんじょうごいち - humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of a object, etc.); ...
  • 謙譲語I - けんじょうごいち - humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of a object, etc.); ...
  • 謙辞 - けんじ - modest word; humble language; ...
  • 謙抑 - けんよく - humbling oneself; ...
  • 謙る - へりくだる - to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself; ...
  • 謙遜語 - けんそんご - humble language; ...
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