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気兼ね (きがね): hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint — Japanese vocabulary

気兼ね is read きがね and means "hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

気兼ね

Reading
きがね · kigane
Translation
hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きがねが

Kanji in this word

  • 気 — spirit, mood
  • 兼 — combine

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