恥ずかしい

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

⟨padukasiki1/padukasikʲi//fadukaɕiki//fadukaɕiː//fad͡zukaɕiː//hazukaɕi.i/

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「恥ずかしい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 恥ずかしく ずかしく
ずかし

Terminal (終止形) 恥ずかしい ずかし
Attributive (連体形) 恥ずかしい ずかし
Key constructions
Informal negative 恥ずかしくない ずかしくない
ずかしくない

Informal past 恥ずかしかった ずかしかった
ずかしかった

Informal negative past 恥ずかしくなかった ずかしくなかった
ずかしくなかった

Formal 恥ずかしいです ずかしいです
Conjunctive 恥ずかしくて ずかしくて
ずかしくて

Conditional 恥ずかしければ ずかしければ
ずかしければ

Adjective

()ずかしい (hazukashiiはづかしい (fadukasii)?-i (adverbial ()ずかしく (hazukashiku))

  1. shy
  2. embarrassed, embarrassing
    こんなばかげた質問(しつもん)する()ずかしいです
    Konna bakageta shitsumon o suru no wa o-hazukashii desu.
    I'm embarrassed to ask such a stupid question.
  3. ashamed

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ 恥・羞・辱”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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.