Keyword
be hesitant
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig655
Readings
おく
(99%)
Composed of
moon
idea
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to be hesitant; to feel timid
Examples (27 in total)
You are not a coward.
I did not think he was so timid.
He's very timid.
He is as timid as a mouse.
The timid man trembled with fear.
You're just a coward.
You may call him a fool, but you cannot call him a coward.
The timid soldier was tormented by terrible nightmares.
Judging from what you have seen of him, this fellow is not a coward.
The boy mocked his friend for being a coward.
The youngster resented being treated as a coward.
Those cowards ran away soon.
John is brave in appearance, but is in reality a coward.
In a word, he is a coward.
I'm not a coward.
My friend called me a coward.
He called me a coward.
He is nothing more than a coward.
They called him a coward.
Are you suggesting that I'm a coward?
I called him a coward to his face.
The coward ran away.
Jim called me a coward.
He is more shy than timid.
Even though he has turned twenty, he's still too timid to chat with girls.
Generally speaking, we Japanese are a little too timid in speaking foreign languages.
"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"