ひかえめ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
控え目
控えめ

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かえめ [hìkáémé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) かえめ [hìkáéméꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çika̠e̞me̞]

Adjective

ひかえめ (hikaeme) ひかへめ (fikafeme)? -na (adnominal ひかえめ (hikaeme na), adverbial ひかえめ (hikaeme ni))

  1. modest, reserved, self-effacing
  2. in restrained quantities

Inflection

Noun

ひかえめ (hikaeme) ひかへめ (fikafeme)?

  1. moderation, modesty, self-effacement
  2. moderation, in restrained quantities

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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