Results, shy
- 引っ込み思案☆【ひっこみじあん】引込思案irr. Inflection
~の noun / adjectival noun:
- reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
- 恥ずかしい☆【はずかしい】恥かしいirr.・恥しいirr.・羞ずかしい・羞しいirr.・羞かしいirr. Inflection
adjective:
- embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; humiliated; shy
- disgraceful; shameful
- 恥じらう☆【はじらう】羞じらう・恥らう Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
- 照れる☆【てれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
- 蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる・蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる・蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる・蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる
expression:
- once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake) [literal]
- 傷弓の鳥【しょうきゅうのとり】傷弓之鳥
expression / noun:
- (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience - idiom - four character idiom
- 羹に懲りて膾を吹く【あつものにこりてなますをふく】羮に懲りて膾を吹く
expression:
- a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb
- はにかみ屋【はにかみや】含羞屋
noun:
- bashful person; very shy person
はにかみ屋なのだ。君に会いたいと言っている。 He's very shy. He says he wants to see you.
- 二の足を踏む【にのあしをふむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to hesitate; to think twice; to shy; to flinch - idiom
- 悪びれる【わるびれる】悪怯れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be timid; to be shy
そんな事実にまったく悪びれることなく、千歳は今日も元気に過ごしております。 Without flinching from that fact in the slightest, Chitose is spending today as well in fine spirit.
- 気が引ける【きがひける】気がひける Inflection
ichidan verb / expression:
- to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
- 怖がる☆【こわがる】恐がる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)
- ビビる・びびる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters
- to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked - colloquialism
- to be shy; to be bashful - archaism
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