Keyword
modest
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1496
Readings
そん
(99%)
Composed of
grandchild
walking on a road
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
modesty; humility; being humble
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
haughty; arrogant; overbearing
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
inferior to; suffering by comparison with; unable to compare with
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
humble language
Examples (2 in total)
His modesty is worth respecting.
This is no time for modesty.