Illustration: At a small farewell gathering in a Japanese community room, a departing colleague opens a gift while friends applaud enthusiastically. One guest stays comfortably seated, smiling warmly and giving a small clap with hands held close together near the lap.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

控ひかえめ

hikaeme

modest, restrained

Example sentences

寺てらとしての表札ひょうさつも控ひかえめである。
The temple’s name plate is fairly modest.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
たくさん作つくっても捌さばききれないから、控ひかえめにね。
If you make too many, we won’t be able to sell them all, so don’t go wild.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
その講演者こうえんしゃは態度たいどが控ひかえ目めであった。
The speaker was restrained in his attitude.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 控

控withdraw; draw inOnコウKunひかえる・ひかえ

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