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    3. 謙虚

    謙虚

    謙けん虚きょ

    modest

    N2KMT8News #13+1CoreNoun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab28 strokes

    けんきょ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    modest, humble

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    彼かれはいつも謙けん虚きょです。

    He is always humble.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    成せい功こうしても謙けん虚きょな姿せい勢しを忘わすれないことが大たい切せつだ。

    It's important not to forget a humble attitude even after success.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    謙けん虚きょな心こころは、人にん間げん関かん係けいを円えん滑かつにする上うえで非ひ常じょうに役やく立だつ。

    A humble heart is very useful for smoothing human relationships.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    どんなに知ち識しきが増ふえても、謙けん虚きょな探たん求きゅう心しんを失うしなってはいけない。

    No matter how much knowledge you gain, you must not lose your humble spirit of inquiry.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    真しんのリーダーは、自じ分ぶんの弱よわさを認みとめ、常つねに学まなぶ姿し勢せいを持もつ謙けん虚きょな人じん物ぶつであるべきだ。

    A true leader should be a humble person who acknowledges their weaknesses and always maintains a learning attitude.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    謙
    へりくだ.る…(3)
    self-effacing・humble oneself・condescend・be modest
    虚
    むな.しい・うつ.ろ…(2)
    void・emptiness・unpreparedness・crack・fissure…(1)
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