Words

Words with 謙

Kanji 謙, meaning self-effacing, appears in 13 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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謙虚

けんきょ

modest

謙そん

けんそん

modesty

恭謙

きょうけん

modesty

謙る

へりくだる

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener

謙辞

けんじ

modest word

謙称

けんしょう

self-deprecating term

謙譲

けんじょう

modesty

謙譲の美徳

けんじょうのびとく

modest virtue

謙譲語

けんじょうご

humble language (e.g. itadaku)

謙譲語1

けんじょうごいち

humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)

謙譲語2

けんじょうごに

humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party)

謙遜語

けんそんご

humble language

謙抑

けんよく

humbling oneself