I Love Kanji恥ずかしい (hazukashii)
恥ずかしい (はずかしい, hazukashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “embarrassing; embarrassed”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はずかしい
- Romaji
- hazukashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; humiliated; shy · い-adjective
- disgraceful; shameful · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 恥ずかしい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 恥ずかしい | はずかしい hazukashii |
| Negative | 恥ずかしくない | はずかしくない hazukashikunai |
| Past | 恥ずかしかった | はずかしかった hazukashikatta |
| Negative past | 恥ずかしくなかった | はずかしくなかった hazukashikunakatta |
| Te-form | 恥ずかしくて | はずかしくて hazukashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 恥ずかしく | はずかしく hazukashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 恥ずかしければ | はずかしければ hazukashikereba |
Kanji in 恥ずかしい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 恥ずかしい.
Source: JMdict entry 1421630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.