恥はじらい

noun

shyness; bashfulness; self-consciousness

Refers to a feeling of shyness or embarrassment, often with a nuance of modest, endearing self-consciousness. Commonly used in contexts describing a person's demeanor or reaction.

• 彼かの女じょは恥はじらいを見みせながら微笑ほほえんだ。

  She smiled with a hint of bashfulness.

• 若わか者ものの恥はじらいがだんだん薄うすれている気きがする。

  I feel that young people's shyness is gradually fading.