恥 (はじ): shame, embarrassment — Japanese vocabulary
恥 is read はじ and means "shame, embarrassment". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
恥
- Reading
- はじ · haji
- Translation
- shame, embarrassment
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- はじが
Example
私は恥より死のほうがましだと思っている。
わたしははじよりしのほうがましだとおもっている。
I think death is preferable to shame.
Kanji in this word
- 恥 — shame
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