| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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謙遜
謙そん
|
けんそん
|
humble
humility
modesty
|
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謙遜語
|
けんそんご
|
humble language
|
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遜色
そん色
|
そんしょく
|
inferiority
|
|
遜色がある
|
そんしょくがある
|
to be inferior to
to suffer by comparison with (something)
|
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遜色がない
|
そんしょくがない
|
bears comparison with (something)
compares favorably with (something)
compares favourably with (something)
|
|
不遜
|
ふそん
|
arrogance
insolence
disrespect
|
|
傲慢不遜
|
ごうまんふそん
|
haughty
arrogant
overbearing
|
|
謙る
遜る
|
へりくだる
|
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener
to abase oneself
|
|
傲岸不遜
|
ごうがんふそん
|
arrogance
|
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尊大不遜
|
そんだいふそん
|
arrogant and presumptuous
haughty arrogance
intolerable insolence
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