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謙けん遜そん

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verbな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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けんそん

Meanings

modesty, humility, being humble

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょはいつも謙遜けんそんして、自分じぶんの才能さいのうを隠かくしている。

She always hides her talents by being modest.

謙遜けんそんは美徳びとくとされているが、度どが過すぎると逆効果ぎゃくこうかになることもある。

Humility is considered a virtue, but excessive modesty can sometimes be counterproductive.

彼かれは謙遜けんそんな態度たいどで受賞じゅしょうのスピーチを行おこなった。

He delivered his award acceptance speech with a humble attitude.

謙遜けんそんすることは大切たいせつだが、自分じぶんの意見いけんをしっかり主張しゅちょうすることも必要ひつようだ。

While being humble is important, it is also necessary to assert your own opinions firmly.

彼かれの謙遜けんそんさは、周囲しゅういの人々ひとびとから深ふかい尊敬そんけいを集あつめている。

His humility has earned him deep respect from those around him.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)