For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">ひと</span><span class="searchmatch">め</span><span class="searchmatch">を</span><span class="searchmatch">はばかる</span> – see the following entry. (This term, <span class="searchmatch">ひと</span><span class="searchmatch">め</span><span class="searchmatch">を</span><span class="searchmatch">はばかる</span> (hitomeohabakaru), is the hiragana spelling of the above...
(“attention”) + <span class="searchmatch">を</span> + 憚る (“to have scruples”). 人(<span class="searchmatch">ひと</span>)目(<span class="searchmatch">め</span>)<span class="searchmatch">を</span>憚(はばか)る • (hitome o habakaru) godan (stem 人(<span class="searchmatch">ひと</span>)目(<span class="searchmatch">め</span>)<span class="searchmatch">を</span>憚(はばか)り (hitome o habakari), past 人(<span class="searchmatch">ひと</span>)目(<span class="searchmatch">め</span>)<span class="searchmatch">を</span>憚(はばか)った...
【人目<span class="searchmatch">ひと</span><span class="searchmatch">め</span><span class="searchmatch">を</span>憚<span class="searchmatch">はばかる</span>】 [verb] (idiomatic) to be afraid of others, to avoid other people, to take care not to be noticed by others...
classical adjective 憚し (habashi, “hesitant, shy”). (Tokyo) <span class="searchmatch">はばかる</span> [hàbákáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3]) (Tokyo) <span class="searchmatch">はばかる</span> [hàbákárú] (Heiban – [0]) IPA(key): [ha̠ba̠ka̠ɾɯ̟] 憚(はばか)る...