Word details
虚心坦懐
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 虚心坦懐.
Dictionary
Entry
1
with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
Examples
極端に言うと、彼は、自己のテーゼに完全に自信を持っているものが発揮できる虚心坦懐さで書いてはいないのである。
He does not, in short, write with the candor of a man who is completely confident of his thesis.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
虚
void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth
11 strokesFrequency 1,454JLPT N1Grade 8
On
キョコ
Kun
むな.しいうつ.ろ
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
坦
level, wide
8 strokesGrade 9
On
タン
Kun
たいら
Nanori
やす
懐
feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast, pocket
16 strokesFrequency 1,493JLPT N1Grade 8
On
カイエ
Kun
ふところなつ.かしいなつ.かしむなつ.くなつ.けるなず.けるいだ.くおも.う
Nanori
かね
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