丁寧
ていねい
hepburn teinei
polite, careful, courteous
Part of speech · na-adjective
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 店員はとても丁寧に説明してくれました。The clerk explained it very politely.
- 字を丁寧に書きましょう。Let us write the characters carefully.
Collocations
丁寧な言葉丁寧に話す丁寧に書く丁寧な人丁寧に教える
Mnemonic
丁寧 teinei — a na-adjective with two senses — (1) polite in speech or manner: 丁寧な言葉. (2) careful and thorough in action: 丁寧に書く. The adverbial 丁寧に is very common. It describes both courtesy and meticulousness.
Quick check
What are the two senses of 丁寧?