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丁寧ていねい

Kana ていねい Romaji teinei

JLPT N4 Common word

Definitions

01na-adjective · noun

02na-adjective · noun

Examples

漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。

When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.

Tatoeba #76263

彼はばか丁寧だ。

He is polite to a fault.

Tatoeba #111304

丁寧におじぎをしました。

I bowed politely.

Tatoeba #155071

Other forms

叮嚀 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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