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    3. 気兼ね

    気兼ね

    気き兼がね​

    constraint

    N1KMT10News #35+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    気がね

    きがね

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    constraint, reserve, feeling hesitant, being afraid of troubling someone

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    人ひとに気き兼がねなく話はなせるようになりたい。

    I want to be able to talk to people without feeling reserved.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは気き兼がねなく意い見けんを言いうタイプだ。

    He is the type to express his opinions without reservation.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    気き兼がねなく過すごせる場ば所しょが、私わたしにとっての理り想そうの家いえだ。

    A place where I can spend time without feeling constrained is my ideal home.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyHome & Housing
    彼かの女じょはいつも他た人にんに気き兼がねして、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを言いわない。

    She always feels reserved around others and doesn't express her own opinions.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    新あたらしい職しょく場ばでは、まだ気き兼がねしてしまい、なかなか打うち解とけられない。

    In my new workplace, I still feel reserved and can't quite open up.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    Kanji
    兼
    か.ねる・-か.ねる…(2)
    concurrently・and・beforehand・in advance
    Kanji
    ね
    ne
    Kana
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