Tereru

照れる (Tereru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to be shy, to be bashful, to feel awkward, to feel embarrassed”.

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

Examples

  • He was embarrassed.

  • Giggling with embarrassment, she held out the condom.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 照れる

illuminate

Related words

to shineilluminationinquirysight (e.g. of a gun)irradiationreference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)contrastivecontrastto shine onsunlight