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神経質, しんけいしつ
- shinkeishitsu
Definition
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- nervousness
- (being) highly strung
- sensitiveness
- neurotic
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Examples of 神経質,しんけいしつ in a Sentence
| 彼女は入試を控えて神経質になった。 | She was nervous before the entrance exam. |
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| 批評にそんなに神経質になるな。 | Don't be so sensitive to criticism. |
| 彼女は入試を前にして神経質になっていた。 | She was nervous before the entrance exam. |
| 彼女は非常に神経質でいつもおちつかないでいる。 | She is very nervous and is always ill at ease. |
| 彼女は非常に神経質でいつもおちつかない。 | She is very nervous and is always ill at ease. |
| 神経質な人は頭をかいたりするものだ。 | Nervous people will scratch their heads. |
| 神経質な人はこの仕事には向かない。 | A nervous person will not be fit for this job. |
| 喫煙者はたばこを取り上げられると、神経質で怒りっぽくなる。 | If people who smoke are deprived of their cigarettes, they get nervous and irritable. |
| 喫煙者にタバコを吸わせないと神経質になりいらいらしてしまう。 | If people who smoke are deprived of their cigarettes, they get nervous and irritable. |
| 彼女は初めての飛行にたいへん神経質になっていた。 | She was quite nervous about her first flight. |
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