shy ～はたしてヤマネはシャイなのか～

1 (of people) nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people timid: a quiet, shy man Don’t be shy?come and say hello. She was too shy to ask
anyone for help. As a teenager I was painfully shy. She’s very shy with adults.
2 showing that sb is nervous or embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people: a shy smile

これがまさに「シャイ」のイメージだよね。


3 (of animals) easily frightened and not willing to come near people: The panda is a shy creature.

これか！　臆病で用心深い。うちのじゅげむ(犬)はシャイなのか大胆なのかわからない。


4 [not before noun] ~ of / about (doing) sth afraid of doing sth or being involved in sth: The band has never been shy of publicity. He disliked her and had never been shy of saying so.

尻込みして、いくじなし！な感じ。

5 [not before noun] ~ (of sth) (informal, especially NAmE) lacking the amount that is needed: He died before Christmas, only a month shy of his 90th birthday. We are still two players shy (of a full team).

この意味は知らなかったな。足りないのもshyなんだ。

6 -shy (in compounds) avoiding or not liking the thing mentioned: camera-shy (= not liking to be photographed) He’s always been work-shy.

computer-shy っていう例文もあった。

結論としては、ヤマネはshyでした(笑)。