謙けん遜そん

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謙遜する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the quality of being modest or humble, often in a positive sense. Can be used as a noun, suru-verb, or na-adjective.

謙けん遜そんするto be modest, to speak humbly
彼かれは褒ほめられても謙けん遜そんして「まだまだです」と答こたえた。
Even when praised, he modestly replied, "I still have a long way to go."
謙けん遜そんな〈人ひと〉a modest, humble person
彼かの女じょは成せい功こうしても謙けん遜そんな人ひとのままだ。
Even after her success, she remains a humble person.
ご謙けん遜そんをused to tell someone they're being too modest, in reply to a self-deprecating remark
「私わたしはまだ下手へたです」「いえ、ご謙けん遜そんを」
"I'm still not very good." "Oh, you're too modest."
謙けん遜そんのあまりout of excessive modesty
謙けん遜そんのあまり、彼かれは自じ分ぶんの功こう績せきを全まったく話はなさなかった。
Out of excessive modesty, he didn't mention his achievements at all.

謙けん虚きょN2
謙虚 is the more common word for an unpretentious, modest character, while 謙遜 is slightly more formal and often describes a conscious act of downplaying oneself.
卑ひ下げ
謙遜 is neutral-to-positive modesty, while 卑下 implies putting oneself down excessively or self-deprecating in a way that can sound negative.
へりくだるN1
謙遜 (often as 謙遜する) refers to modestly downplaying one's own abilities or achievements, whereas へりくだる focuses on adopting a humble manner toward another person.

傲ごう慢まん
謙遜 (humility) is the opposite of 傲慢 (arrogance, haughtiness).
自じ慢まんN3
謙遜 means downplaying oneself modestly, while 自慢 means openly boasting about oneself.
気き取どるN1
謙遜する means to speak or behave modestly, the opposite of 気取る's affected, self-important manner.

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おごるN1
謙遜する means to be humble and modest, the opposite of 驕る, which means to be arrogant and boastful.
鼻はなにかけるN1
謙遜する means to be modest or humble about oneself, the opposite attitude to 鼻にかける's boastful pride.
自惚うぬぼれN1
謙遜 means modesty or humility, the opposite of the vain self-regard expressed by 自惚れ.
調ちょう子しに乗のるN1
謙遜する means to act modestly and downplay oneself, the opposite behavior of 調子に乗る, which means to get cocky and overconfident.
勿もっ体たい
謙遜 is modest, humble behavior, the opposite of the self-important airs described by 勿体.
自じ負ふ
謙遜 means humbly downplaying one's own abilities, the opposite stance from 自負, which is openly taking pride in them.
思おもい上あがるN1
謙遜する means to be humble and downplay oneself, the opposite attitude to 思い上がる, which means to become conceited.
見み栄えN1
謙遜 is modest, self-effacing behavior, the opposite of the showy, image-conscious behavior described by 見栄.
威い張ばるN2
謙遜する means to be modest or humble, the opposite of 威張る's arrogant, domineering behavior.
うぬぼれるN1
謙遜する means to be modest and downplay oneself, the opposite of うぬぼれる's inflated self-regard.

遠えん慮りょN4
謙遜 is about speaking modestly of one's own abilities or achievements, while 遠慮 is about holding back from an action or request out of consideration for others.

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From Chinese 謙遜 (qiānxùn), meaning modesty or humility. The kanji 謙 means 'humble' and 遜 means 'modest' or 'yielding'.