怯む – Vocabulary details

怯ひるむ

Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted; to be discouraged; to hesitate

だがこんなことで怯ひるむわけにはいかないんだ。But I can't afford to flinch at something like this.

recoil in fear

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でも、彼かれは決けっして怯ひるむ様よう子すはなかった！

But he never showed the slightest sign of flinching!

だけど、沈ちん黙もくが怖こわくて怯ひるみそうになる。

But the silence is so frightening that I feel like I'm about to flinch.

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