引っ込み思案
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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引 | 込 | 思 | 案 |
ひ Grade: 2 | こ Grade: S | し > じ Grade: 2 | あん Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Etymology
From 引っ込み + 思案
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひっこみじあん [hìkkómíjíꜜàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [çik̚ko̞mʲiʑiã̠ɴ]
Adjective
引っ込み思案 • (hikkomijian) -na (adnominal 引っ込み思案な (hikkomijian na), adverbial 引っ込み思案に (hikkomijian ni))
- reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN