What does 気兼ね mean?
気兼ね is a Japanese noun meaning “hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint” in English. It is written as 気兼ね in kanji, きがね in hiragana, and kigane in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
思ったことを気兼ねなく言っていいんだよ。
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