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恐縮

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恐縮 — “feeling obliged, being sorry to trouble someone”

恐縮 (read きょうしゅく) means feeling obliged, being sorry to trouble someone. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a expression.

Reading

きょうしゅく

Meaning

feeling obliged, being sorry to trouble someone

恐縮 in a sentence

恐縮きょうしゅくですが、お願いねがいします。

I'm sorry to trouble you, but please do this.

The kanji in 恐縮

恐fear, dread
縮to shrink

Words that share a kanji with 恐縮

恐ろしいおそろしい— terrible, dreadful, fearful
恐らくおそらく— probably, perhaps, likely
恐れるおそれる— to fear, to be afraid of
恐怖きょうふ— fear, terror, dread
縮むちぢむ— to shrink, to contract
縮めるちぢめる— to shorten, to reduce, to contract
圧縮あっしゅく— compression, condensing
縮小しゅくしょう— reduction, cut, scaling down

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