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We found 2 words, 2 kanji, and 21 examples matching '控え目'
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Most common form: 控目
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing; unassuming; well-behaved; low-key; temperate; in small quantities
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Most common form: 控えめに言う
to understate
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Kanji search: 2 matches
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コウ   ひかえる to restrain oneself, to refrain; to be withdrawn   
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
hand
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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それ
ひか
ってる

That's putting it mildly.
ぶちょう
部長
その
ちい
地位
てき
している
ひか
ひと
ほのめかした
The manager implied that a modest man was suitable for the position.
ひか
って
かれ
あくにん
悪人
よう
To say the least, he seems to be a bad person.
かれ
いけん
意見
ひか
である
He is humble about his opinion.
わたし
かぎ
スミスさん
ひか
ひと
だった
Mr Smith, as I knew him, was a modest man.
 
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