人見知り

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • shyness, fear of strangers

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 人 (person, human, people, man, type of person, person from, -person, a person) + Japanese 見知り (an acquaintance, seeing and knowing, knowing someone by sight)+ Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese continuative or stem form of verb m + Japanese 見知る + Japanese to know someone by sight, to be acquainted with someone.

Origin

Japanese

to know someone by sight, to be acquainted with someone

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