Illustration: At the entrance to a neighborhood concert hall, a neatly dressed older man holds the heavy door open for a woman using a walking frame. He stands well clear of her path and inclines his head, keeping his folded umbrella close so it cannot drip on her. She looks up with a grateful smile.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

紳しん士し

shinshi

gentleman

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが紳士しんしだなんてとんでもない。

    He is anything but a gentleman.

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  2. 彼かれは紳士しんしである。

    He is a gentleman.

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  3. あの紳士しんしは誰だれですか。

    Who is that gentleman?

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Kanji in 紳士

  • 紳sire; good beltOnシン
  • 士gentleman; scholarOnシKunさむらい

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