怯む

Reading

Kana: ひるむ
Romaji: hirumu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 コウ、 ひる.む、 おびえ.る、 おじる、 おび.える、 おそ.れる
Meanings: cowardice, wince, flinch, hesitate, waver

Example Sentences

(かれ)主人(しゅじん)(いか)りにひるんだ。
➥He recoiled before his master's anger.
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市民達(しみんたち)(はげ)しい爆撃(ばくげき)()けてひるんだ。
➥The citizens staggered under the heavy bombing.
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危険(きけん)などにひるまず、(かれ)平気(へいき)でいる。
➥He remains calm in the face of danger.
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(ひる)んだのを相手(あいて)気取(きど)られてはいけない。
➥You mustn't let the other person notice that you flinched.
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