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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kintyousuru - to be nervous

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 21
/kinchousuru

kinchousuru

Word

緊張きんちょうするkinchousuru

Meaning

to be nervous

Part of speech

group 3, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kinchousuru

最初さいしょ　は　緊張きんちょうして　いた　のに、　会場かいじょう　に　着ついたら　落おち着ついた。saisho wa kinchoushite ita noni, kaijou ni tsuitara ochitsuita.

She was nervous at first, but she calmed down after arriving at the venue.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

新あたらしい　職場しょくば　に　慣なれれば　慣なれる　ほど、　緊張きんちょうしなく　なる。atarashii shokuba ni narereba nareru hodo, kinchoushinaku naru.

The more you get used to the new workplace, the less nervous you become.

緊張きんちょうしすぎて　何なに　も　言いえなかった　ので、　もっと　練習れんしゅうして　おけば　よかった　と　思おもいました。kinchoushisugite nani mo ienakatta node, motto renshuushite okeba yokatta to omoimashita.

I was so nervous that I couldn’t say anything, so I thought, “I should have practiced more.”

緊張きんちょうした　とき　に　深呼吸しんこきゅう　を　する　と、　ストレス　の　予防よぼう　に　も　なって　少すこし　落おち着つきます。kinchoushita toki ni shinkokyuu o suru to, sutoresu no yobou ni mo natte sukoshi ochitsukimasu.

When I take a deep breath when I’m nervous, it helps prevent stress and calms me a little.

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