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恥 disgrace

耳 (ear) + 心 (heart)
★★★★☆
10 strokes

Onyomi

CHI

I got embarrassed when I cut the CHEESE in front of Lemmy.

Mnemonic

When the ear hears the disgraceful story, the heart feels embarrassment.

Kunyomi

は*ずかしい embarrassed! (or, this being Japan, pretending to be embarrassed!)
★★★★☆
はじ a disgrace! (usually used like 恥をかける） NUBI
★☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

恥ずかしがり屋(はずかしがりや)

someone who gets embarrassed easily. ★★★☆☆
恥 (disgrace) + 屋 (store) = 恥ずかしがり屋 (someone who gets embarrassed easily.)

恥をかく(はじをかく)

embarrass one's self ★☆☆☆☆

to embarrass one's self. (You can't say this about yourself, in the manner of, "OH! I fucked up!" But you can say はじをかいた! to someone else, like a mother scolding a child who doesn't know it's impolite to yell "POOOPY POOOPY!")
恥知らず(はじしらず)

shameless ★☆☆☆☆
恥 (disgrace) + 知 (know) = 恥知らず (shameless)

shameless (literally, "Not knowing the meaning of shame")