謹

discreet, reverently, humbly

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つつし.む

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:17

JLPT:N1

Frequency:2068

Vocabulary

キン

Word	Reading	Meaning
謹賀新年	キンガシンネン	Happy New Year
謹慎	キンシン	self restraint; moderating one's own behavior; penitence; discipline; confinement (esp. to one's home); house arrest; suspension (from work or school)
不謹慎	フキンシン	imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
謹厳	キンゲン	stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
謹啓	キンケイ	Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
謹む	つつしむ	to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; to be reverent; to be purified; to be chaste
謹み	つつしみ	modesty; self-control; discretion
謹んで	つつしんで	respectfully; humbly; reverently
謹厳実直	きんげんじっちょく	sober and honest
恐々謹言	きょうきょうきんげん	very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)

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