Shirabe
控えめ ひかえめ
  • Common
  • adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

控えめひかえめ

Common I-adj Noun Noun
English JMdict
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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'noun (common) (futsuumeishi) moderate;reserved;modest;temperate;restrained;low-key;conservative (estimate);self-effacing;unassuming
彼の意見は控え目である。
He is humble about his opinion.
Other forms 控え目 【ひかえめ】 · ひかえ目 【ひかえめ】 (search-only kanji form) · 控目 【ひかえめ】 (search-only kanji form)

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