慇懃

いんぎん

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun polite; courteous; civil
2. Noun, な-adjective friendship; (sexual) intimacy

Kanji

• 慇 courtesy. Read as イン.
• 懃 courtesy. Read as キン.

Example sentences

• 耐えがたきは、度を越した彼の慇懃さだ。
  What is hard to put up with is his over-politeness.

Words containing 慇懃

• 慇懃無礼 (いんぎんぶれい) superficially polite but actually rude
• 馬鹿慇懃 (ばかいんぎん) overdone politeness
• 慇懃丁重 (いんぎんていちょう) polite and courteous

And 1 more.

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