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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

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Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Possibly 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei) of hypothetical yodan verb ()ぢる (hajiru) derived from Classical Japanese verb () (hazu) + auxiliary (auxiliary that expresses ongoing state)? Intermediate -ら- is unclear. Could be passive る but this is a nidan conjugation and not yodan.”

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Verb edit

()じらう (hajirauはぢらふ (fadirafu)?intransitive godan (stem ()じらい (hajirai), past ()じらった (hajiratta))

  1. to feel shy; to be bashful

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN