Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 謙遜(けんそん) in Japanese

謙遜, 謙そん
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
けんそん
Romaji
kenson
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    humble; humility; modesty
    Example sentence
    謙遜さ賞賛値する His modesty is worth respecting.

Examples of 謙遜, 謙そん, けんそん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

17 strokes

self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend, be modest

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi:

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13 strokes

humble, modest

On'Yomi: ソン

Kun'Yomi: したが.う, へりくだ.る, ゆず.る

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