懇切丁寧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懇	切	丁	寧
こん Grade: S	せつ Grade: 2	てい Grade: 3	ねい Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 懇(こん)切(せつ) (konsetsu, “considerate, attentive”) + 丁(てい)寧(ねい) (teinei, “attentive, meticulous”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんせつてーねー [kòńsétsú téꜜènèè] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ̥ te̞ːne̞ː]

Adjective

懇(こん)切(せつ)丁(てい)寧(ねい) • (konsetsu teinei) -na (adnominal 懇(こん)切(せつ)丁(てい)寧(ねい)な (konsetsu teinei na), adverbial 懇(こん)切(せつ)丁(てい)寧(ねい)に (konsetsu teinei ni))

thoughtful and courteous; considerate and attentive

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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