懇切丁寧

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: S
せつ
Grade: 2
てい
Grade: 3
ねい
Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

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Compound of (こん)(せつ) (konsetsu, considerate, attentive) + (てい)(ねい) (teinei, attentive, meticulous).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んせーねー [kòńsétsú téꜜènèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ̥ te̞ːne̞ː]

Adjective

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(こん)(せつ)(てい)(ねい) (konsetsu teinei-na (adnominal (こん)(せつ)(てい)(ねい) (konsetsu teinei na), adverbial (こん)(せつ)(てい)(ねい) (konsetsu teinei ni))

  1. thoughtful and courteous; considerate and attentive

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN