恐縮
N2きょうしゅく kyoushuku
- shame
- very kind of you
- 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
- 恐縮ですがお手伝い願えませんか。May I make so bold as to request your assistance?不好意思,能请您帮个忙吗?
- 恐縮だが、残業してもらわないと。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。"
}
}