丁重

ていちょう

Also written 鄭重

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun polite; courteous; hospitable; respectful
2. careful; handled with great care; treated with attention (usu. adverbially as ～に)

Kanji

• 丁 polite. Read as テイ.
• 重 heavy. Read as チョウ.

Example sentences

• がまんするのが難しいのは彼の度を超した丁重さである。
  What is hard to put up with is his over-politeness.
• 彼は就職を丁重に断った。
  He declined the job-offer very politely.
• 彼は目上の人に対して丁重である。
  He behaves respectfully toward his superiors.
• 彼女は丁重にも私の手紙に返事をくれた。
  She did me the courtesy of answering my letter.

Words containing 丁重

• 慇懃丁重 (いんぎんていちょう) polite and courteous
• 丁重語 (ていちょうご) courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

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