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恐きょう縮しゅく

N2
きょうしゅく kyoushuku
  1. shame
  2. very kind of you
  3. sorry to trouble
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

不好意思;承蒙关照

Chinese notes

恐縮常用于因受照顾、请求或歉意而感到过意不去。

Examples

  • 恐きょう縮しゅくですがお手て伝つだい願ねがえませんか。
    May I make so bold as to request your assistance?
    不好意思,能请您帮个忙吗?
  • 恐きょう縮しゅくだが、残ざん業ぎょうしてもらわないと。
    I'm afraid you have to work overtime.
    不好意思,得请你加班了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e1a415a754'); // 恐縮
{
  "id": "e1a415a754",
  "word": "恐縮",
  "reading": "きょうしゅく",
  "romaji": "kyoushuku",
  "meanings": [
    "shame",
    "very kind of you",
    "sorry to trouble"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1236740,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "恐縮ですがお手伝い願えませんか。",
      "furigana": "{恐縮|きょうしゅく}ですがお{手伝|てつだ}い{願|ねが}えませんか。",
      "en": "May I make so bold as to request your assistance?",
      "tatoeba_id": 180378
    },
    {
      "ja": "恐縮だが、残業してもらわないと。",
      "furigana": "{恐縮|きょうしゅく}だが、{残業|ざんぎょう}してもらわないと。",
      "en": "I'm afraid you have to work overtime.",
      "tatoeba_id": 180381
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "07a4a1fca6d82375c3e324c9b35b531511bff27dc55c62c45c129b8460d91545",
    "meanings": [
      "不好意思",
      "承蒙关照"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "恐縮ですがお手伝い願えませんか。",
        "zh": "不好意思,能请您帮个忙吗?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "恐縮だが、残業してもらわないと。",
        "zh": "不好意思,得请你加班了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e1a415a754",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1236740; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ca20e0285086389950b0eaa2b02dc2c3bda80be2a83291c0bedf6bbe5b912588",
    "notes": "恐縮常用于因受照顾、请求或歉意而感到过意不去。"
  }
}