What does 恥ずかしい mean in Japanese?

恥ずかしい (はずかしい) means "shy" in Japanese.

恥ずかしい

Q: How do you use 恥ずかしい in a sentence?

人前に出るのは恥ずかしいです。 (ひとまえにでるのははずかしいです。) — I feel shy about going out in front of people.

Kana: はずかしい

shy

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words

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人前に出るのは恥ずかしいです。

ひとまえにでるのははずかしいです。

I feel shy about going out in front of people.

What 恥ずかしい means

恥ずかしい (はずかしい) is a Japanese word meaning “shy”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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