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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
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謙けん遜そん

N2
けんそん kenson
  1. humble
  2. humility
  3. modesty
nounする verbintransitiveな-adjective

Chinese meanings

谦逊;谦虚

Examples

  • 彼の謙遜さは賞賛に値する。
    His modesty is worth respecting.
    他的谦逊值得称赞。
  • 日本の論者にはこういう謙遜な態度が少ないのが残念だと思います。
    I feel it unfortunate that there is little of this kind of humble attitude amongst Japanese debaters.
    遗憾的是,我认为日本评论家很少有这种谦逊的态度。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('84dd8f8c0c'); // 謙遜
{
  "id": "84dd8f8c0c",
  "word": "謙遜",
  "reading": "けんそん",
  "romaji": "kenson",
  "meanings": [
    "humble",
    "humility",
    "modesty"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi",
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1260240,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼の謙遜さは賞賛に値する。",
      "en": "His modesty is worth respecting.",
      "tatoeba_id": 117654
    },
    {
      "ja": "日本の論者にはこういう謙遜な態度が少ないのが残念だと思います。",
      "en": "I feel it unfortunate that there is little of this kind of humble attitude amongst Japanese debaters.",
      "tatoeba_id": 398162
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "38484777693423674074b2bb77544462cea288362a025803b450c3d6dbe51027",
    "meanings": [
      "谦逊",
      "谦虚"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼の謙遜さは賞賛に値する。",
        "zh": "他的谦逊值得称赞。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "日本の論者にはこういう謙遜な態度が少ないのが残念だと思います。",
        "zh": "遗憾的是,我认为日本评论家很少有这种谦逊的态度。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/84dd8f8c0c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1260240; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3acfb0909f0f9f8f7e54131c9664cf62156d2e3eb17aa51482b5a2db110a71fe"
  }
}