人見知り | Japanese meaning

人見知り【ひとみしり】

Frequency rank: 10,628. – 10,654.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb

shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

Forms

人見知り【ひとみしり】Frequency rank: 10,628. – 10,654.
ひとみしり

Generated definitions (experimental)

shyness

This meaning refers to a general feeling of discomfort or apprehension in social situations, especially when interacting with unfamiliar people.

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He is shy, so it's difficult for him to make new friends.

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At the party, she was shy and didn't talk to anyone.

fear of strangers

This meaning emphasizes a specific anxiety or apprehension that one may feel towards unfamiliar individuals, often resulting in avoiding interactions with them.

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He has a fear of strangers and is scared to talk to unknown people.

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When he was a child, he was fearful of strangers and would cry when a new person came around.

stranger anxiety

This meaning aligns closely with fear of strangers, often used to describe the phase in young children where they exhibit distress around unfamiliar people.

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The baby is in a phase of stranger anxiety and cries when seeing unfamiliar people.

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The toddler experienced stranger anxiety and cried when grandma tried to hold him.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to be shy around strangerschildren's shynessto be very shyto overcome shynessa shy personalityto feel shya shy childsymptoms of shynessto grow out of shynessadult shyness

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)