気兼ね

Japanese

Kanji in this term
気 兼
き
Grade: 1
か > が
Grade: S
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
氣兼ね (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きがね [kìgáné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

気(き)兼(が)ね • (kigane) 

  1. constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
    Synonym: 遠慮

Verb

気(き)兼(が)ねする • (kigane suru) suru (stem 気(き)兼(が)ねし (kigane shi), past 気(き)兼(が)ねした (kigane shita))

  1. to feel hesitant

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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