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肩身が狭い
Hiragana
かたみがせまい
Adjective
Japanese Meaning
身の置き所がないように感じるほど、周囲に対して引け目や恥ずかしさを感じるさま。 / 自分の立場が弱く、周囲の目を気にして堂々としていられない状態。
Easy Japanese Meaning
じぶんやなかまがわるいとおもわれてはずかしくひとのまえでじしんがないきもち
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
感到羞愧，没脸见人 / 抬不起头，自惭形秽 / 处境尴尬，觉得局促不安
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
感到羞愧、抬不起頭 / 自覺丟臉、沒面子 / 因處境不佳而行事拘束
Korean Meaning
체면이 서지 않아 위축되다 / 떳떳하지 못해 주눅들다 / 남의 눈치가 보여 얼굴을 들지 못하다
Indonesian
merasa malu dan rendah diri / merasa tidak enak hati di depan orang lain / tak bisa mengangkat muka
Vietnamese Meaning
xấu hổ, khó ngẩng mặt với người khác / cảm thấy mất mặt, lép vế / thấy mình nhỏ bé, không dám đường hoàng
Tagalog Meaning
Nahihiya / Hindi makapagtaas ng ulo / Pakiramdam na maliit sa harap ng iba
Sense（1）
feeling small, ashamed, unable to hold one's head high
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feeling small, ashamed, unable to hold one's head high
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肩身が狭い
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He felt small because of his own failure.
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彼は自分の失敗のせいで肩身が狭いと感じていた。
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