Last Updated :2025/12/02

vicarious embarrassment

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Japanese Meaning
他人が恥をかく様子を見て、自分も恥ずかしいと感じてしまう、不快な共感情
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彼が舞台でつまずいて取り繕いながら笑おうとするのを見て、私は強い「人の失敗を見て恥ずかしくなる気持ち」を覚えた。

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The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.

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vicarious embarrassment

I felt intense vicarious embarrassment when he tripped onstage and kept trying to laugh it off.

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I felt intense vicarious embarrassment when he tripped onstage and kept trying to laugh it off.

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