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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

シャイ

shai

shy

Example sentences

  1. サミはとてもシャイだ。

    Sami is very shy.

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  2. あの子こちょっとシャイなの。

    She is a little shy.

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  3. 卒業そつぎょうするまでの彼女かのじょはとてもシャイだった。

    She had been very shy till she graduated.

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