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はじかさん【恥じかさん・羞じかさん】

hajikasan

Pronunciation: [had͡ʑikasaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. Embarrassing; embarrassed; humiliating; humiliated; ashamed; shameful

Etymology

Cognate with Kunigami (Kin) はじょかーん hajokaan; Okinawa (Shuri) はじかさん hajikasan; and standard Japanese はずかしい【恥ずかしい・羞ずかしい】 hazukashii "embarassed, ashamed".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji恥じかさん
羞じかさん
Kanaはじかさん
Romanizationhajikasan
Pronunciation (IPA)[had͡ʑikasaŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan sa (shiku)-type adjective: hajikasan

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative Perfective

Indicative

PRED

hajikasan,

hajikashan†

hajikasatan,

hajikashatan†

hajikashikoo neen,

hajikashikoo neeran

hajikashikoo neentan,

hajikashikoo neerantan

ATT

hajikasaru

hajikasataru,

hajikashataru†

hajikashikoo neentaru,

hajikashikoo neerantaru

Base forms

Form

Construction

Root

hajika-

Dictionary

hajikasan,

hajikashan†

Attributive or Adnominal

hajikasaru

Apocopated (indicative imperfective)

hajikasa-

Noun form

hajikasa

Adverbial form

hajikashiku

Topicalized adverbial form

hajikashikoo

Topicalized adverbial form

hajikashikoo

Conjunctive

hajikasati,

hajikashati†

Continuative

hajikasai

Conditional

hajikasaree

Provisional conditional

hajikasaraa

Consequential

hajikasanu,

hajikashanu†

Common conjunctive constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive conditional

hajikati-n

Common adverbial constructions

Form

Construction

To become...

hajikashiku nain

Common apocopated constructions

Form

Construction

Concessive

hajikasa-shiga

Topicalized concessive

hajikasaa-a-shiga

Cause-effect

hajikasa-kutu

Nominalized

hajikasa-shi

Inferential

hajikasa sun

Questions

hajikasa-ga

Other constructions

Form

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Negative perfective

Polite

PRED

hajikasayabiyun†,
hajikasayabiin†,

hajikasaibiyun†,
hajikasaibiin

hajikasayabitan†,

hajikasaibitan

hajikashikoo neeyabiran†,

hajikashikoo neebiran

hajikashikoo neeyabirantan†,

hajikashikoo neebirantan

ATT

hajikasayabiyuru†,
hajikasayabiiru†,

hajikasaibiyuru†,
hajikasaibiiru

hajikasayabitaru,

hajikasaibitaru

hajikashikoo neeyabirantaru†,

hajikashikoo neebirantaru

Polar questions

PRED

hajikasami,

hajikashami†

hajikasatii,

hajikashatii

hajikashikoo neeni,

hajikashikoo neerani

hajikashikoo neentii,

hajikashikoo neerantii

Conjecture

PRED

hajikasan nee sun,

hajikashan nee sun†

hajikasatan nee sun,

hajikashatan nee sun†

hajikashikoo neen nee sun,

hajikashikoo neeran nee sun

hajikashikoo neentan nee sun,

hajikashikoo neerantan nee sun

† These forms are considered literary.

Adjective paradigms are based off several sources including, but not limited to:

  • Funatsu, Yoshiaki. (1988). 美しい沖縄の方言①. [Utsukushii Okinawa no kotoba 1]. ISBN4-905784-19-0.
  • Sakihara, Mitsugu. (2006). Okinawan-English Wordbook. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 0824831020.
  • Shizato, Rumiko and Iwasaki, Shoichi. (2024). Basic Okinawan: From Conversation to Grammar. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. ISBN: 9780824893651.

意味:はずかしい【恥ずかしい・恥かしい・恥しい・羞ずかしい】、はずい【恥ずい】、てれくさい【照れ臭い】、ばつがわるい【ばつが悪い】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 21). はじかさん【恥じかさん・羞じかさん】 : hajikasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/6539/hajikasan/.