Illustration: During practice before opening at a neighborhood café, a new server carries a tray holding a single empty cup. Their shoulders are raised, elbows locked outward, and wrists bent into an uncomfortable grip.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ぎこちない

gikochinai

awkward, stiff

Example sentences

  1. とてもぎこちない感かんじがした。

    I felt very awkward.

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  2. 少女しょうじょはぎこちなく頭あたまを下さげた。

    The girl made an awkward bow.

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  3. 「この表現ひょうげんどう？」「少すこしだけ、ぎこちないかな」「じゃ、どう言いえばいいと思おもう？」

    "Did I express it right?" "It just sounds a bit clunky." "Then how do you think I should say it?"

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