[ひかえめ, hikaeme] (adj-na, n, adj-no) moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing; unassuming; well-behaved; low-key; temperate; in small quantities
[しょうきゃく, shoukyaku] (n, vs) erasure; paying back debt; effacement
[ぬぐいさる, nuguisaru] (v5r) to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
[ぼつがてき, botsugateki] (adj-na) self-effacing; selfless
[すりけす, surikesu] (v5s) to erase; to efface
[むが, muga] (n) (1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) { Buddh } anatman (no-self, the Buddhist concept that in nothing does there exist an inherent self, soul, or ego); (P)
[むがのきょう, muganokyou] (n) state of complete self-effacement; trance
[めっきゃく, mekkyaku] (n, vs) extinguishment; destruction; effacement
[わこうどうじん, wakoudoujin] (n) mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
[とうかい, toukai] (n, vs) hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
[とうかいしゅみ, toukaishumi] (n) propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent