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気兼きがね

きがね kigane Play N1 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

相手に迷惑をかけたり負担をかけたりすることを気にして、遠慮すること。 hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone

Example 1

思ったことを気兼ねなく言っていいんだよ。

Feel free to share your thoughts.

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Example 2

トムが女の子だったらよかったのに。そしたら気兼ねなく寄り添ってられたのに。

I wish that Tom were a girl. That way I would be able to get close to him without any hesitation.

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Kanji breakdown

兼

N1

concurrently; and; beforehand; in advance

On reading
ケン
Kun reading
か.ねる、-か.ねる
Radical
八

気

N5

spirit; mind; air; atmosphere; mood

On reading
キ、ケ
Kun reading
いき、き
Radical
气
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一気

N1

いっき

drink!(said repeatedly as a party cheer)

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不景気

N1

ふけいき

business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness

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何気ない

N1

なにげない

casual; unconcerned

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兼ねて

N1

かねて

simultaneously

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兼業

N1

けんぎょう

side line; second business