Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 恥ずかしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 恥は ずかしい 恥は ずかしくない Polite 恥は ずかしいです 恥は ずかしくないです also 恥は ずかしくありません Past polite 恥は ずかしかったです 恥は ずかしくなかったです also 恥は ずかしくありませんでした Past 恥は ずかしかった 恥は ずかしくなかった Te-form 恥は ずかしくて 恥は ずかしくなくて Adverbial 恥は ずかしく Conditional 恥は ずかしければ 恥は ずかしくなければ Tara conditional 恥は ずかしかったら 恥は ずかしくなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 恥は ずかしいと 思おも う to feel embarrassed about something
I felt embarrassed about falling in front of everyone.
恥は ずかしくて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 too embarrassed to do something
I was too embarrassed to look her in the face.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 前まえ で 恥は ずかしい embarrassed in front of someone
I felt embarrassed in front of the teacher.
恥は ずかしい 思おも いをする to have an embarrassing experience
I had an embarrassing experience when I forgot my words during the speech.
〈 事こと 〉 は 恥は ずかしい 行こう 為い だ to call an act shameful
Stealing other people's things is a shameful act.
Expressions 恥は ずかしながら embarrassingly; shamefully; I'm embarrassed to say that... 恥は ずかしげもなく brazenly; unabashedly; without shame Related words· 14 照れくさい describes light bashfulness from praise or attention, while 恥ずかしい covers a broader range from mild embarrassment to deep shame.
気まずい describes an awkward or tense social atmosphere between people, whereas 恥ずかしい focuses on one's own embarrassment or shame.
情けない stresses pitiful, disappointing failure that invites contempt, while 恥ずかしい in its 'shameful' sense judges an act as socially wrong.
恥じる is the verb meaning to feel ashamed of something, while 恥ずかしい is the adjective describing the feeling or the shameful quality itself.
Show 10 more Show fewer 恥ずかしい describes the speaker's own feeling of embarrassment, while みっともない judges how one's behavior or appearance looks to others.
恥ずかしい is the general word for embarrassed or shy, while きまり悪い specifically points to the awkwardness felt after a social blunder or uncomfortable situation.
恥ずかしい is a general adjective for 'embarrassing' or 'shy', while 顔から火が出る is a vivid idiomatic expression for extreme, burning embarrassment.
恥ずかしい is how the person themselves feels embarrassed, while 痛い (colloquial) describes an outside observer's cringe at someone else's behavior.
恥ずかしい is an i-adjective describing the feeling of embarrassment or shame itself, whereas 赤面 focuses on the visible reddening of the face or the state that results from it.
恥ずかしい is the general, everyday word for embarrassment, while くすぐったい in this sense adds a lighter, pleasantly awkward nuance closer to being tickled.
恥ずかしい is an adjective naming the state of embarrassment, while 照れる is a verb describing the act or process of becoming embarrassed.
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.
恥ずかしい is a general adjective meaning 'embarrassing' or 'shy', while 気が引ける specifically points to the reluctance that embarrassment or a sense of imposing causes.
恥ずかしい is a general adjective for feeling embarrassed or shy about oneself, while 顔負け specifically refers to embarrassment caused by someone else's superiority.
Don't confuse with 恥ずかしい is the adjective describing a feeling of embarrassment, while 恥 is the noun naming the concept of shame itself.
恥ずかしい is an adjective for one's own feeling of embarrassment, while 恥ずかしがる is a verb describing someone else's outward show of shyness or embarrassment.
恥ずかしい means 'embarrassed/shy' (having shame), the opposite feeling from 恥知らず , which describes someone who has none.
恥ずかしい expresses one's own feeling of shame or shyness, whereas 気まずい describes a mutual, shared awkwardness in the atmosphere between people.
Word family· 8 be shy; be bashful; feel embarrassed; blush
embarrassed; shy; bashful
a little embarrassing; slightly ashamed
embarrassed; ashamed; awkward
vaguely embarrassed; ashamed for no clear reason
Show 3 more Show fewer so beautiful it puts flowers to shame
inwardly embarrassed; a bit shy; secretly ashamed
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed · extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
Written forms 恥は ずかしい Usage 87%
Standard common spelling, using 恥 for shame or embarrassment.
はずかしい Usage 6%
Kana spelling is practical in casual or learner-facing writing, though the standard kanji form is very common.
恥はず かしい Usage 5%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only variant; not recommended as a normal modern spelling.
恥はずか しい Usage 2%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only variant; not recommended as a normal modern spelling.
羞はず かしい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only variant using 羞 ; mainly useful for lookup, not ordinary writing.
羞は ずかしい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only variant using 羞 ; mainly useful for lookup, not ordinary writing.
ハズカシイ Usage <1%
羞はずか しい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only variant using 羞 ; mainly useful for lookup, not ordinary writing.
Etymology A native Japanese adjective based on 恥 , "shame" or "embarrassment." The modern standard okurigana spelling is 恥ずかしい ; the exact historical formation is not specified.
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