謙遜 (けんそん)modesty; humility; being humble

modesty; humility; being humblenoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

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Kanji in 謙遜

謙虚けんきょmodest; humble
恭謙きょうけんmodesty; humility
謙そんけんそんmodesty; humility
謙るへりくだるto deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
謙抑けんよくhumbling oneself
謙称けんしょうself-deprecating term; humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.
謙譲けんじょうmodesty; humility
謙譲の美徳けんじょうのびとくmodest virtue
不遜ふそんarrogance; insolence
傲岸不遜ごうがんふそんarrogance
傲慢不遜ごうまんふそんhaughty; arrogant
尊大不遜そんだいふそんarrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance
謙遜語けんそんごhumble language
遜るへりくだるto deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
遜色そんしょくinferiority
遜色があるそんしょくがあるinferior to; suffering by comparison with

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