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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

彼らは事態の悪化を懸念した。

かれらはじたいのあっかをけねんした。

They were apprehensive that the situation would worsen.

Kanji in this word

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

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