Illustration: At a friend's apartment, a guest sits with an empty teacup and begins to lift it toward the host. The host is already carrying a crowded tray while balancing a sleepy toddler against one shoulder.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き兼がね

kigane

hesitation out of consideration

Example sentences

  1. 思おもったことを気兼きがねなく言いっていいんだよ。

    Feel free to share your thoughts.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムは気兼きがねすることなく自分じぶんの意見いけんを述のべたことがない。

    Tom never felt comfortable expressing his own opinion.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムが女おんなの子こだったらよかったのに。そしたら気兼きがねなく寄より添そってられたのに。

    I wish that Tom were a girl. That way I would be able to get close to him without any hesitation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 気兼

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 兼concurrently; andOnケンKunかねる

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