気兼ね

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
気 兼
き
Grade: 1 		か > が
Grade: S
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
氣兼ね (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

気(き)兼(が)ね • (kigane) 

  1. constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
    Synonym: 遠慮

Verb

気(き)兼(が)ねする • (kigane suru) suru (stem 気(き)兼(が)ねし (kigane shi), past 気(き)兼(が)ねした (kigane shita))

  1. to feel hesitant

Conjugation

Conjugation of "気兼ねする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 気兼ねし きがねし kigane shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 気兼ねし きがねし kigane shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 気兼ねする きがねする kigane suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 気兼ねする きがねする kigane suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 気兼ねすれ きがねすれ kigane sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 気兼ねせよ¹
気兼ねしろ² 		きがねせよ¹
きがねしろ² 		kigane seyo¹
kigane shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 気兼ねされる きがねされる kigane sareru
Causative 気兼ねさせる
気兼ねさす 		きがねさせる
きがねさす 		kigane saseru
kigane sasu
Potential 気兼ねできる きがねできる kigane dekiru
Volitional 気兼ねしよう きがねしよう kigane shiyō
Negative 気兼ねしない きがねしない kigane shinai
Negative continuative 気兼ねせず きがねせず kigane sezu
Formal 気兼ねします きがねします kigane shimasu
Perfective 気兼ねした きがねした kigane shita
Conjunctive 気兼ねして きがねして kigane shite
Hypothetical conditional 気兼ねすれば きがねすれば kigane sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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