N1Noun
謙遜
けんそん
Meaning
- 1.modesty
- 2.humility
- 3.being humble
Meanings across languages
- English
- modesty, humility, being humble
- Tiếng Việt
- khiêm tốn, nhún nhường, khiêm nhường
- 日本語
- 謙遜, 控えめ
- 한국어
- 겸손, 겸허
- 中文
- 谦逊, 谦卑
- Bahasa Indonesia
- rendah hati
- ภาษาไทย
- ความถ่อมตน
- Español
- modestia
- Français
- modestie
- Deutsch
- Bescheidenheit
- Português
- modéstia
Kanji used
Related words
謙抑
けんよく
humbling oneself
N1謙虚
けんきょ
modest, humble
N1恭謙
きょうけん
modesty, humility
N1謙称
けんしょう
self-deprecating term, humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.
N1謙譲
けんじょう
modesty, humility
N1謙る
へりくだる
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener, to abase oneself
N1謙辞
けんじ
modest word, humble language
N1傲慢不遜
ごうまんふそん
haughty, arrogant
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