赤せき面めん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

赤面する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Describes the physical act of one's face turning red, often from embarrassment, shyness, or anger. Commonly used as a noun or with する.

Refers to the feeling of embarrassment itself, often as a noun. The する form can also mean 'to feel embarrassed'.

〈事こと〉に赤せき面めんするto blush/flush at something (embarrassing)
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいに赤せき面めんした。
He blushed at his own mistake.
〈人ひと〉を赤せき面めんさせるto make someone blush/embarrassed
その質しつ問もんは彼かの女じょを赤せき面めんさせた。
That question made her blush with embarrassment.
赤せき面めんを隠かくすto hide one's blush/embarrassment
彼かの女じょは赤せき面めんを隠かくすために顔かおを伏ふせた。
She lowered her face to hide her blushing.

照てれるN1sense 1
照れる is a common verb for feeling bashful and blushing from shyness, while 赤面 is a more formal noun/する-verb that often appears in writing.
恥はずかしいN4sense 2
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.
恥はじるN1sense 2
恥じる is a verb meaning to feel ashamed, a purely internal feeling, while 赤面 emphasizes the outward physical sign (or resulting embarrassment) of that feeling.
紅こう潮ちょう
赤面 refers specifically to blushing in the face from embarrassment or shame, while 紅潮 covers any reddening of the skin from emotion, heat, or illness more broadly.

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赤あからめるN1
赤面する is a more formal, often written suru-verb for blushing, while 赤らめる is a plain verb typically paired with 顔 in everyday description.
顔かおから火ひが出でるN1
赤面する describes the physical act of blushing from embarrassment, while 顔から火が出る emphasizes the intense emotional feeling of shame itself.

Compound of 赤 (red) and 面 (face). The reading せきめん uses the on'yomi of both kanji, a common pattern in Sino-Japanese vocabulary.