引っ込み思案

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
し > じ
Grade: 2
あん
Grade: 4
kun’yomi on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 引っ込み + 思案.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っこみじあん [hìkkómíjíꜜàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥k̚ko̞mʲiʑiã̠ɴ]

Adjective

()()()(あん) • (hikkomijian) -na (adnominal ()()()(あん) (hikkomijian na), adverbial ()()()(あん) (hikkomijian ni))

  1. reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
    Synonyms: 恥ずかしい, 内気

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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