kare wa oozei no mae de jikoshoukaisuruno o hazukashigaru.

He is shy about introducing himself in front of many people.

Breakdown of kare wa oozei no mae de jikoshoukaisuruno o hazukashigaru.

• は: topic particle
• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• で: location particle

Questions & Answers about kare wa oozei no mae de jikoshoukaisuruno o hazukashigaru.

Why is there は after 彼?

は marks 彼 as the topic of the sentence.

So 彼は... means something like As for him, ... or He ... in natural English.

It does not simply mean subject in a mechanical way; it tells you that the sentence is about him. In this sentence, everything that follows is describing his tendency or behavior.

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What does 大勢 mean here?

大勢 means a large number of people, many people, or a crowd.

So:

• 大勢 = many people / a crowd

In this sentence, 大勢の前 means in front of many people or before a crowd.

A learner may expect 大勢の人, and that is also possible, but 大勢 by itself already refers to a lot of people.

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Why is it 大勢の前? What is the の doing?

Here, の links two nouns:

• 大勢 = a crowd, many people
• 前 = front / before

So 大勢の前 literally means the front of a crowd or more naturally in front of many people.

This is a very common noun-linking use of の:

• 学校の先生 = the school’s teacher / a teacher at school
• 友達の家 = a friend’s house
• 大勢の前 = before a crowd

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