謙譲

See also: 謙讓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
謙讓 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじょー [kèńjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Adjective

(けん)(じょう) • (kenjō) けんじやう (kenzyau)?-na (adnominal (けん)(じょう) (kenjō na), adverbial (けん)(じょう) (kenjō ni))

  1. modest, humble

Inflection

Noun

(けん)(じょう) • (kenjō) けんじやう (kenzyau)?

  1. modesty, humility

Derived terms

Verb

(けん)(じょう)する • (kenjō suru) けんじやう (kenzyau)?transitive suru (stem (けん)(じょう) (kenjō shi), past (けん)(じょう)した (kenjō shita))

  1. to humble

Conjugation

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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