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JLPT N4
恥ずかしい

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

恥ずかしい — “embarrassing, ashamed”

恥ずかしい (read はずかしい) means embarrassing, ashamed. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a い-adjective.

Reading

はずかしい

Meaning

embarrassing, ashamed

恥ずかしい in a sentence

みんなの前まえで歌ううたうのは恥ずかしいはずかしいです。

Singing in front of everyone is embarrassing.

The kanji in 恥ずかしい

恥shame

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