Keyword
modest
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1496
Readings
そん
(99%)
Composed of
grandchild
walking on a road
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
modesty; humility; being humble
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
haughty; arrogant; overbearing
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
inferior to; suffering by comparison with; unable to compare with
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
humble language
Examples (6 in total)
You don't have to be modest.
I don't think there is any need to be modest.
It was not humility, but had a tone close to self-deprecation.