憚る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はばか
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばか [hàbákáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ba̠ka̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(はばか) (habakaru) transitive or intransitive godan (stem (はばか) (habakari), past (はばか)った (habakatta))

  1. to hesitate, to be afraid to do
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (かれ)(はばか)って(なに)()わない
      Kare o habakatte nanimo iwanai
      Afraid to say anything to him
  2. to throw one's weight around, to make one's presence felt

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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