Illustration: In a small Japanese pottery workshop, an older master with several prize cups on a distant shelf leans forward while a young apprentice demonstrates a better grip on a trimming tool. The master watches the apprentice's hands attentively, then adjusts their own grip with a grateful nod.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

謙けん虚きょ

kenkyo

modest, humble

Example sentences

クリスはとても魅力的みりょくてきだし、お金かねも持もっています。でも、少すこしばかり謙虚けんきょさが足たりません。
Chris is very attractive and wealthy, but not very modest.
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その謙虚けんきょな男おとこは近所きんじょの人達ひとたちとうまくやっている。
The humble man is getting along with his neighbors.
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彼かれは年としをとるにつれて、一層いっそう謙虚けんきょになった。
The older he grew, the more modest he became.
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Kanji in 謙虚

謙self-effacing; humble oneselfOnケンKunへりくだる
虚void; emptinessOnキョ・コKunむなしい・うつろ

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