恥はじらう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

恥じらう · godan verb (-u)

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

Describes a person's emotional reaction of shyness or embarrassment, often with visible blushing. Common in literary or descriptive contexts.

恥はじらいながら〈動どう詞し〉to do something while blushing or acting bashful
彼かの女じょは恥はじらいながら答こたえた。
She answered bashfully, blushing a little.
恥はじらうように〈動どう詞し〉to do something as if feeling shy
少しょう女じょは恥はじらうように目めをそらした。
The girl looked away as if feeling shy.

はにかむ
はにかむ describes a fleeting shy smile or expression, while 恥じらう is a broader, more literary term for the feeling and outward show of bashfulness.
恥はずかしがるN2
恥ずかしがる is the common, everyday verb for acting shy or embarrassed, whereas 恥じらう is more literary and often describes a visible, delicate blush.
照てれるN1
照れる is a casual verb for feeling awkward or embarrassed, often from praise or attention, while 恥じらう has a softer, more modest, literary connotation.
恥はずかしいN4
恥ずかしい is an adjective describing a state of embarrassment, while 恥じらう is a verb focusing on the act of feeling and showing shyness.

恥はじるN1
恥じる means to feel ashamed of something (often with を), a stronger sense of shame, while 恥じらう means to feel shy or bashful, usually without shame attached.

恥はじらうUsage55%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana じらう.
恥はじらうUsage21%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; less common than 恥じらう.
はじらうUsage15%
羞はじらうUsage9%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 羞 is not a jōyō kanji.

Developed from classical 恥ぢらふ, formed from 恥づ, “to feel ashamed,” with the continuative or repetitive suffix らふ.