丁寧
teinei
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careful, thorough, polite, courteous
/teːneː/
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Careful in work or considerate in manner.
Examples
その人はいつも丁寧です。
That person is always polite.
この店は包装が丁寧です。
This shop wraps things carefully.
お客様には丁寧に対応します。
We respond to customers courteously.
壊れ物を丁寧に扱ってください。
Please handle the fragile item carefully.
店員の言葉遣いが丁寧だ。
The shop clerk speaks politely.
Meanings
Examples
彼は仕事が丁寧だ。
He does his work carefully.
書類を丁寧に確認した。
I checked the documents thoroughly.
この店は包装が丁寧です。
This shop wraps things carefully.
壊れ物を丁寧に扱ってください。
Please handle the fragile item carefully.
丁寧な説明でよく分かった。
The thorough explanation made it clear.
Examples
店員の言葉遣いが丁寧だ。
The shop clerk speaks politely.
先生に丁寧なメールを書いた。
I wrote a polite email to my teacher.
お客様には丁寧に対応します。
We respond to customers courteously.
その人はいつも丁寧です。
That person is always polite.
丁寧な言い方に直してください。
Please change it to a more polite expression.
FAQ
Careful in work or considerate in manner.
It is read ていねい, written teinei.
For work it means care in the details; for people and language it means courtesy.
How is 丁寧 different from 親切?
親切 means kind and helpful, whereas this can describe either careful work or respectful manners.
How does 丁寧 change in a sentence?
As a na-adjective it appears as 丁寧な, 丁寧だ, 丁寧です or 丁寧に.
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