気兼ね

Reading

Kana: きがね
Romaji: kigane
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something

Kanji

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ケン、 か.ねる、 -か.ねる
Meanings: concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance