人見知り

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人 見 知
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Grade: 1 		み
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 2
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Etymology

Compound of 人 (hito, “person, people”) +‎ 見知り (mishiri, “seeing and knowing , knowing someone by sight; an acquaintance”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見知る (mishiru, “to know someone by sight, to be acquainted with someone”)).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)見(み)知(し)り • (hitomishiri) 

  1. shyness, fear of strangers

Verb

人(ひと)見(み)知(し)りする • (hitomishiri suru) suru (stem 人(ひと)見(み)知(し)りし (hitomishiri shi), past 人(ひと)見(み)知(し)りした (hitomishiri shita))

  1. be nervous around strangers, be shy
    人見知(ひとみし)りしない
    hitomishiri shinai
    He takes to strangers.

Usage notes

May optionally take the object particle を (o) between hitomishiri and suru.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "人見知りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 人見知りし ひとみしりし hitomishiri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 人見知りし ひとみしりし hitomishiri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 人見知りする ひとみしりする hitomishiri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 人見知りする ひとみしりする hitomishiri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 人見知りすれ ひとみしりすれ hitomishiri sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 人見知りせよ¹
人見知りしろ² 		ひとみしりせよ¹
ひとみしりしろ² 		hitomishiri seyo¹
hitomishiri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 人見知りされる ひとみしりされる hitomishiri sareru
Causative 人見知りさせる
人見知りさす 		ひとみしりさせる
ひとみしりさす 		hitomishiri saseru
hitomishiri sasu
Potential 人見知りできる ひとみしりできる hitomishiri dekiru
Volitional 人見知りしよう ひとみしりしよう hitomishiri shiyō
Negative 人見知りしない ひとみしりしない hitomishiri shinai
Negative continuative 人見知りせず ひとみしりせず hitomishiri sezu
Formal 人見知りします ひとみしりします hitomishiri shimasu
Perfective 人見知りした ひとみしりした hitomishiri shita
Conjunctive 人見知りして ひとみしりして hitomishiri shite
Hypothetical conditional 人見知りすれば ひとみしりすれば hitomishiri sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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