忸じく怩じ

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

ashamed; mortified; deeply embarrassed

Literary and somewhat archaic; almost exclusively used in the set phrase 忸怩たる思い (じくじたるおもい), meaning a feeling of deep shame or mortification. Rarely used outside this expression.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいに忸じく怩じたる思おもいを抱いだいた。

  He felt deeply ashamed of his own failure.

• 忸じく怩じたる思おもいで過あやまちを認みとめた。

  With a feeling of mortification, I admitted my mistake.