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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

敬けい意い

keii

respect

Example sentences

  1. 親おやに対たいして敬意けいいを表あらわさなければいけない。

    You should be respectful to your parents.

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  2. その教授きょうじゅに敬意けいいを表あらわしてパーティーが開ひらかれた。

    The party was held in the professor’s honor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 生徒せいとたちは、その先生せんせいに敬意けいいを示しめさなかった。

    The students were not respectful towards their teacher.

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Kanji in 敬意

  • 敬awe; respectOnケイ・キョウKunうやまう
  • 意idea; mindOnイ

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