【No. 1695】Shunjun (逡巡 - Flinching)

Aug 9, 2019 18:14

Shunjun

To flinch or hesitate can be described as shunjun (逡巡) in Japanese.

Shince shun (逡) means "to step back" or "to hesitate" and jun (巡) means "to move around," the literal meaning of shunjun is "to move around while feeling hesitant."

In other words, shunhun means to be shy away from something.

Usually, this term is used like shunjun-suru (逡巡する) by adding suru (する), which means "do."

Incidentally, 逡巡 can also be used as a unit of number that represents 10 to the power of -14, though this unit is rarely used.

逡巡

尻込みしたり、ぐずぐずしたりすることを、日本語で「逡巡」と言います。

「逡」は「しりぞく」や「ためらう」を、「巡」は「めぐる」を意味するので、「逡巡」の文字どおりの意味は「しりぞいて/ためらってめぐる」となります。

すなわち、決断ができずぐずぐずするということです。

多くの場合、"do" を意味する「する」をつけて「逡巡する」のように使います。

ちなみに、滅多に使われませんが、「逡巡」は10の-14乗を表す数の単位でもあります。

Corrections (1)

No. 1　David

• Shince 'shun' (逡) means "to step back" or "to hesitate" and 'jun' (巡) means "to move around," the literal meaning of 'shunjun' is "to move around while feeling hesitant."
• Since 'shun' (逡) means "to step back" or "to hesitate" and 'jun' (巡) means "to move around," the literal meaning of 'shunjun' is "to move around while feeling hesitant."

  Shince --> Since

• In other words, 'shunhun' means to be shy away from something.
• In other words, 'shunjun' means to shy away from something.

  shunhun --> shunjun
  
  to be shy --> to shy
  
  Toru didn't like to be shy when giving a presentation. He'd rather feel in control, even if it was a lie. ;o)

• Incidentally, 逡巡 can also be used as a unit of number that represents 10 to the power of -14, though this unit is rarely used.
• Incidentally, 逡巡 can also be used as a unit of a number that represents 10 to the power of -14, though this unit is rarely used.

  of number --> of a number

Toru
Thank you for the correction! :)

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