Vocab Info
N1 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
人見知りshyness, fear of strangers, stranger anxiety
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Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
1.
shyness, fear of strangers, stranger anxiety
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人見知り 【ひとみしり】
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子供が人見知りをして泣いています。
A child is crying from stranger anxiety.
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私の娘は人見知りを全くせず、社交的である。
My daughter shows no shyness at all. She's very outgoing.
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人見知りの激しい子は新しい人と会うのが苦手です。
Kids with intense shyness struggle to meet new people.
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人見知りの彼は私との会話を終えるや否や、その場から去っていった。
Because of his shyness, he left as soon as our conversation ended.
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僕は人見知りとあって、初対面の場では石のように固まってしまいます。
I'm shy, so I tend to freeze up like a rock when meeting someone for the first time.
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