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はばかる

usually kana

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5r, vt, vito hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
  2. 2.
    v5r, vito lord it over; to have great influence

Example sentences

どの家も人に憚る秘密がある。

Every family has a skeleton in the closet.

憎まれっ子世に憚る。

Ill weeds grow apace.

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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