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謙遜 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
謙遜
BOOST
Reading : けんそん   
humble; humility; modesty; being humble
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謙遜 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 80,000 (about 3,390,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4396 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
かれ
けんそん
謙遜
しょうさん
賞賛
あたい
する

His modesty is worth respecting.
かれ
けんそん
謙遜
しょうさん
賞賛
あたい
する

His modesty is commendable.
にほん
日本
ろんしゃ
論者
にはこういう
けんそん
謙遜
した
たいど
態度
すく
ない
ざんねん
残念
おも
います

I feel that it's unfortunate that there is little of this kind of humble attitude among Japanese debaters.
謙そん
BOOST
Reading : けんそん   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 242,000 (about 29,500 results)
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ケン    self-effacing   
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ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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grain
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ソン    humble, modest   
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ソン   まご grandchild   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
child   
move
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