気き兼がね

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

気兼ねする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	気き兼がねする	気き兼がねしない
Polite	気き兼がねします	気き兼がねしません
Past polite	気き兼がねしました	気き兼がねしませんでした
Past	気き兼がねした	気き兼がねしなかった
Te-form	気き兼がねして	気き兼がねしないで
Desire	気き兼がねしたい	気き兼がねしたくない
Potential	気き兼がねできる	気き兼がねできない
Passive	気き兼がねされる	気き兼がねされない
Causative	気き兼がねさせる	気き兼がねさせない
Causative passive	気き兼がねさせられる	気き兼がねさせられない
Volitional	気き兼がねしよう
Polite volitional	気き兼がねしましょう
Imperative	気き兼がねしろ	気き兼がねするな
Conditional	気き兼がねすれば	気き兼がねしなければ
Tara conditional	気き兼がねしたら	気き兼がねしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

feeling of constraint; hesitation out of consideration

Describes the feeling of being unable to act freely because one is worried about troubling or offending others. Often used in negative constructions like 気兼ねなく (without reserve) or 気兼ねする (to feel hesitant).

古ふるい友ゆう人じんと会あうときは気き兼がねがいらない。
When I meet old friends, I don't need to feel any constraint.
どうぞ気き兼がねなくお召めし上あがりください。
Please help yourself without any hesitation.
彼かれは上じょう司しに気き兼がねして、本ほん当とうのことが言いえなかった。
He felt hesitant toward his boss and couldn't say what he really thought.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に気き兼がねするto feel constrained/hesitant around someone
同どう居きょしている義ぎ母ぼに気き兼がねして、大おおきな声こえで話はなせない。
I feel too constrained around my mother-in-law, who lives with us, to speak loudly.
気き兼がねなく〈動どう詞し〉to do something freely, without reserve
一人ひとり暮ぐらしなので、気き兼がねなく好すきな時じ間かんにテレビを見みられる。
Since I live alone, I can watch TV whenever I like without worrying about anyone.
〈人ひと〉に気き兼がねなく〈動どう詞し〉to do something with someone without holding back
親したしい友ゆう人じんには気き兼がねなく意い見けんを言いえる。
I can speak my mind freely with close friends without any hesitation.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
兼concurrently, and, beforehand

Related words

遠えん慮りょN4
遠慮 is the deliberate act of holding back out of politeness or social norms, while 気兼ね is the internal, often uncomfortable feeling of being constrained by concern for others.
気き遣づかいN2
気遣い is active, positive attentiveness toward someone's needs, whereas 気兼ね is the passive, restrictive feeling of worrying about troubling them.

Opposites

気き楽らくN2
気楽 describes a relaxed, carefree state of mind, the opposite of the tense, hesitant feeling of 気兼ね.

Written forms

気き兼がねUsage79%
Standard kanji spelling, widely used in modern Japanese.
気きがねUsage21%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.

Etymology

A noun based on the older expression 気を兼ねる, “to be constrained by consideration for another,” combining 気, “mind or feelings,” with 兼ねる, “be unable or reluctant to do.”