| Kanji | 控えめ |
| Reading | ひかえめ |
| Romaji | hikaeme |
| Meaning | modest; restrained |
| Part of Speech | na-adjective |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N3 |
彼女は控えめな人だ。
Kanojo wa hikaeme na hito da.
She's a modest person.
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控えめ (ひかえめ, hikaeme) means "modest; restrained" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word.
控えめ is pronounced "hikaeme" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is ひかえめ.
控えめ is a JLPT N3 word. JLPT N3 is the intermediate level with ~3,000 words.