気兼ね

きがね

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

JLPT N1 Common word Also written 気がね

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

Example sentences

思おもったことを気兼きがねなく言いっていいんだよ。

Feel free to share your thoughts.
トムは気兼きがねすることなく自分じぶんの意見いけんを述のべたことがない。

Tom never felt comfortable expressing his own opinion.
トムが女おんなの子こだったらよかったのに。そしたら気兼きがねなく寄より添そってられたのに。

I wish that Tom were a girl. That way I would be able to get close to him without any hesitation.