How to say humble in Japanese

頭が低い【あたまがひくいatamagahikui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • humble; modest; unassuming - idiom

Example Sentences

Ｋさんsanのno内緒naishoにniしてshiteいただくitadakuとtoのno約束yakusokuのもとにnomotoni前回zenkai「左右sayuu」後日談gojitsudanなるnaru駄文dabunをwoお送りookuriしましたshimashitaがga、今回konkaiはhaそのsono後日談後nichidanですdesu。
Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.
貧しいmazushii老父roufuがga王様ousamaにni拝見haikenをwo許されたyurusareta。
A humble-looking old man was presented to the king.
彼kareはha誰dareに対してnitaishiteもmo腰が低いkoshigahikui。
He is humble towards everyone.
彼kareはha自分jibunがga成し遂げたnashitogeta事kotoにも関わらずnimokakawarazu本当にhontouni控え目なhikaemena男otokoだda。
He's a quite humble man in spite of all he's achieved.
彼のkareno食べるtaberuものmonoはha粗末somatsuだったdatta。
What he ate was very simple and humble.

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