Meaning of 気兼ね(きがね) in Japanese

気兼ね
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
きがね
Romaji
kigane
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something

Related Kanji

兼 JLPT 1

10 strokes

concurrently, and

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: か.ねる, -か.ねる

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気 JLPT 5

6 strokes

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

On'Yomi: キ, ケ

Kun'Yomi: いき

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