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浅見 (せんけん, senken) Japanese meaning: shallow view | Kotomora

浅せん見けん

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Meanings

1

shallow view; superficial idea

formal or literary

Formal or literary term for an opinion or perspective that lacks depth. Often used in self-deprecating or critical contexts.

彼かれの提てい案あんは浅せん見けんに過すぎない。

His proposal is nothing more than a shallow view.

2

my humble opinion; one's view

humble (kenjougo)›

Humble expression used to modestly present one's own opinion, especially in formal speech or writing.

浅せん見けんを申もうし上あげますと、この計けい画かくは再さい考こうが必ひつ要ようかと存ぞんじます。
In my humble opinion, this plan may need reconsideration.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉について浅せん見けんを述のべるto humbly state one's opinion on a matter
この問もん題だいについて浅せん見けんを述のべさせていただきます。
Allow me to humbly offer my view on this issue.
浅せん見けんによればaccording to my humble opinion
浅せん見けんによれば、この計けい画かくには無む理りがある。
In my humble opinion, this plan is unreasonable.
私わたしの浅せん見けんではin my humble view
私わたしの浅せん見けんでは、この案あんは改かい善ぜんが必ひつ要ようだ。
In my humble opinion, this proposal needs improvement.

Kanji

浅shallow, superficial, frivolous
見see, hopes, chances

Related words

意い見けんN4
意見 is a neutral, general term for an opinion, while 浅見 is a humble or self-deprecating term implying shallowness.
所しょ見けん
所見 is a formal, objective observation or finding, whereas 浅見 explicitly frames the speaker's view as shallow or unworthy.
私し見けん sense 2
私見 is a humble way to introduce one's personal opinion, similar in register to 浅見 but without the connotation of shallowness.
愚ぐ見けん sense 2
愚見 humbly calls one's own opinion 'foolish', matching the humble register of 浅見 but with a slightly different self-deprecating flavor.

Opposites

卓たっ見けん sense 1
卓見 describes an excellent, insightful view, the direct opposite of the shallowness implied by 浅見.

Don't confuse with

先せん見けん
先見 (foresight, as in 先見の明) shares the exact reading せんけん with 浅見 but means anticipating the future, not offering a shallow opinion.

Etymology

Compound of 浅 (sen, 'shallow') and 見 (ken, 'view'). The humble usage derives from the self-deprecating sense of shallowness.