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懸念 (けねん): Concern / apprehension — Japanese vocabulary

懸念 is read けねん and means "Concern / apprehension". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

懸念

Reading
けねん · kenen
Translation
Concern / apprehension
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
けねんがけねんが

Example

世界の航空産業は墜落事故についての懸念を募らせている。

せかいのこうくうさんぎょうはついらくじこについてのけねんをつのらせている。

The world's aviation industry is growing increasingly worried about crashes.

Kanji in this word

  • 懸 — hang, risk
  • 念 — mind, thought

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