Illustration: At the entrance to a Japanese university club room, a student looks down and discovers they have arrived wearing one outdoor sneaker and one fluffy house slipper. Two friends nearby have noticed and smile gently, one pointing toward the mismatched feet.

JLPT N4i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

恥はずかしい

hazukashii

embarrassed, ashamed

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは恥はずかしくて顔かおを赤あからめた。

    He turned red with shame.

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  2. 恥はずかしいなぁ！

    How embarrassing!

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  3. 自分じぶんの下手へたな英語えいごが恥はずかしい。

    I am ashamed of myself for my poor English.

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Kanji in 恥

  • 恥shame; dishonorOnチKunはじる・はじ・はじらう

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