控えめ (ひかえめ) — moderate, reserved, restrained
控えめ
moderate
Frequency #7454
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
na-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-na, adj-no, n)
hikaeme
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
ひかえめ[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- moderate
- reserved
- restrained