ていねい – Vocabulary details

ていねい

Adjective (な)

Noun

1. polite; courteous; civil

2. careful; close; thorough; conscientious

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polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

ていねいにおじぎをしました。

I bowed politely.

彼かの女じょは私わたしにていねいにお辞じ儀ぎをしました。

She bowed to me politely.

その言こと葉ば遣づかいは、あまりていねいじゃないね。

That language isn't very polite.

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