人見知り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (hito, person, people) +‎ 見知り (mishiri, seeing and knowing [a person], knowing someone by sight; an acquaintance, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 見知る (mishiru, to know someone by sight, to be acquainted with someone)).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ひと)()() • (hitomishiri

  1. shyness, fear of strangers

Verb

(ひと)()()する • (hitomishiri surusuru (stem (ひと)()() (hitomishiri shi), past (ひと)()()した (hitomishiri shita))

  1. be nervous around strangers, be shy
    人見知(ひとみし)りしない
    hitomishiri shinai
    He takes to strangers.

Usage notes

May optionally take the object particle (o) between hitomishiri and suru.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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