I Love Kanji謙虚 (kenkyo)
謙虚 (けんきょ, kenkyo) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “modest; humble”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けんきょ
- Romaji
- kenkyo
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- modest; humble · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
クリスはとても魅力的だし、お金も持っています。でも、少しばかり謙虚さが足りません。
Chris is very attractive and wealthy, but not very modest.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 謙虚
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 謙虚だ | けんきょだ kenkyoda |
| Present (polite) | 謙虚です | けんきょです kenkyodesu |
| Negative | 謙虚じゃない | けんきょじゃない kenkyojanai |
| Past | 謙虚だった | けんきょだった kenkyodatta |
| Negative past | 謙虚じゃなかった | けんきょじゃなかった kenkyojanakatta |
| Te-form | 謙虚で | けんきょで kenkyode |
| Before a noun | 謙虚な | けんきょな kenkyona |
| Adverb (~ni) | 謙虚に | けんきょに kenkyoni |
Kanji in 謙虚
謙
self-effacing, humble oneself, condescendケン・へりくだ.る · 17 strokes虚
void, emptiness, unpreparednessキョ・コ・むな.しい・うつ.ろ · 11 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 謙虚.
Source: JMdict entry 1260190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.