► 副詞
もっさり [(3)もっさり] meaning: awkward rank: 3
☆ 彼はもっさりしていて女の子にもてない ⇨ He is unfashionable, sluggish, awkward, and not popular with girls (☛ Awkward in personality, appearance)
もさっと [(2)もさっと] [coll] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 彼はもさっとしていて女の子にもてない ⇨ He is unfashionable, sluggish, awkward, and not popular with girls (☛ Awkward in personality, appearance)
もさもさ [(1)もさもさ] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ (☛ Awkward in personality, appearance)
► 動詞
白ける [(3)しらける] meaning: awkward rank: 2
☆ 彼はいつも場を白けさせる ⇨ He always makes the scene awkward, throws a wet blanket (☛ Become awkward, uncomfortable, annoyed by someone’s comment)
どっちらける [(5)どっちらける] [coll] meaning: awkward rank: 2
☆ お涙頂戴の結末にどっちらけた ⇨ The artificial tear-jerker ending left me completely cold (☛ A colloquial intensified form of “白ける”)
当てられる [あてられる] [coll] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ あの二人の仲の良さには当てられる ⇨ Their public showing of intimacy makes me blush (☛ Feel awkward by public and excessive intimacy of a couple. Used only in passive voice)
どん引き [どんびき] [coll] [peer] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 彼の不快な発言で皆ドン引きした ⇨ Everybody cringed at his offensive remark (☛ Originally a theater term for a camera to pan out quickly)
► 名詞
ぶきっちょ [(2)ぶきっちょ] [coll] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 彼は大変なぶきっちょだ ⇨ He is a real klutz (☛ From 不器用(ぶきよう). About not good at handiwork)
► 形容詞
気不味い [(3)きまずい] meaning: awkward rank: 2
☆ 二人の関係は気まずくなった ⇨ The relationship between the two has become awkward
☆ 気まずい沈黙が流れた ⇨ Awkward silence continued
ぎこちない [(4)ぎこちない] meaning: awkward rank: 2
☆ ロボットの動きは未だぎこちない ⇨ The movements of the robot are still awkward (☛ Awkward in movement)
いたたまれない [いたたまれない] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 彼女はいつも子供に怒鳴り散らすので、こちらのほうがいたたまれない気分になる ⇨ She is always yelling at her children and that makes me extremely uncomfortable (☛ So uncomfortable, awkward, that makes you want to leave the scene)
晴れがましい [(5)はれがましい] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 天皇に表彰されるという晴れがましい席 ⇨ An awkwardly formal occasion to receive an award from the emperor (☛ Awkward because of too much pomp and circumstance)
► 形容動詞
不器用 [(2)ぶきよう] meaning: awkward rank: 3
☆ 彼は不器用だけど優しい ⇨ He is awkward, not smooth, but very sweet
☆ 私は不器用で楽器などとても弾けない ⇨ I am very clumsy with my hands and no way I can play any instruments (☛ Typically about hand dexterity)
気詰まり [(2)きづまり] meaning: awkward rank: 4
☆ 自由に発言出来ない気詰まりな雰囲気 ⇨ An awkward atmosphere where you cannot speak freely (☛ Awkward because freedom is restricted)
► 連体詞
取って付けたような [(1)とってつけたような] meaning: awkward rank: 3
☆ 彼は取って付けたようなお世辞を言った ⇨ He made an awkward, forced, unnatural, compliment (☛ Literally means “attached, bolted on”)