謙遜

けんそん · kenson · JLPT N2 · noun

humility

謙 (humble) + 遜 (yield, modest): humility means yielding the spotlight to others

Both characters carry the sense of lowering oneself. 謙 means humble, and 遜 means to give way or be modest. Together they describe humility as giving way to others.

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