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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

謙けん虚きょ

N2
けんきょ kenkyo
  1. modesty
  2. humility
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

谦虚

Examples

  • 彼は年をとるにつれて、一層謙虚になった。
    The older he grew, the more modest he became.
    他随着年龄增长变得更加谦虚。
  • 彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの業ぎょう績せきに謙けん虚きょである。
    She is modest about her achievement.
    她对自己的成绩很谦虚。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5a40e5dbe9'); // 謙虚
{
  "id": "5a40e5dbe9",
  "word": "謙虚",
  "reading": "けんきょ",
  "romaji": "kenkyo",
  "meanings": [
    "modesty",
    "humility"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1260190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は年をとるにつれて、一層謙虚になった。",
      "en": "The older he grew, the more modest he became.",
      "tatoeba_id": 101356
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は自分の業績に謙虚である。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{自分|じぶん}の{業績|ぎょうせき}に{謙虚|けんきょ}である。",
      "en": "She is modest about her achievement.",
      "tatoeba_id": 89055
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "dd7f77fc4bdef236d69a0a1e91b9e44eacfe79af38ab19e585ef415ce4e274d4",
    "meanings": [
      "谦虚"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は年をとるにつれて、一層謙虚になった。",
        "zh": "他随着年龄增长变得更加谦虚。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は自分の業績に謙虚である。",
        "zh": "她对自己的成绩很谦虚。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/5a40e5dbe9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1260190; 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": "62b5665b17e10ab80b4ae542282c9d35d6c949c3c838b9fb4a897c4cf4b6e9cf"
  }
}