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忸怩

忸怩

Chinese

		accustomed to; blush; be shy	shy, timid, bashful; look ashame
simp. and trad. (忸怩)		忸	怩

Adjective

忸怩

bashful; shy; reserved

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忸	怩
じく Hyōgaiji	じ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Adjective

忸怩 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana じくじ, romaji jikuji)

bashful; shameful; ashamed

Adverb

忸怩 ‎(hiragana じくじ, romaji jikuji)

ashamedly

Usage notes

Used with と