Illustration: At the entrance of a friend's Japanese home, a teenage visitor has removed their shoes and turns them neatly toward the door while remaining on the proper side of the raised floor.

わきまえる

wakimaeru

to know one’s place, to know manners

Often used with 立場 or 礼儀. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

自分じぶんの立場たちばをわきまえなさい。
Know your place.
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老人ろうじんに席せきを譲ゆずるとは彼かれも礼儀れいぎをわきまえている。
It was civil of him to offer his seat to the old man.
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われわれは自分じぶんの立場たちばってものをわきまえていたからね。
That’s because we knew our place.
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