Grow with Kitty

きょうしゅくする

恐縮する

kyōshukusuru

less common

English

to feel obliged/sorry

नेपाली

संकोच मान्नु / आभारी हुनु

Examples

  1. ほめられて、恐縮きょうしゅくしました。

    I felt humbled when I was praised.

  2. 部長ぶちょうにわざわざお越こしいただき、恐縮きょうしゅくしております。

    I feel very humbled that the department manager took the trouble to come.

  3. お忙いそがしいところ恐縮きょうしゅくですが、ご確認かくにんいただければと思おもいます。

    I'm sorry to trouble you when you're busy, but I'd appreciate it if you could take a look.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

恐 10 strokes
縮 17 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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