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恥ずかしい

はずかしい

embarrassing, shy

Mnemonic

Both ears scarlet before you had even finished the sentence. Opening your mouth at all is a hazard はずか in that room: はずかしい.

Worth knowing

Covers embarrassed and shy at once. The feeling, and the thing that causes it.

Built from

shame, embarrassment
耳 ear + 心 heart

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