羞恥心

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 羞恥心 (しゅうちしん) is a compound noun for the sense of shame arising from awareness of how one appears to others.
• Basic usage: 強い羞恥心を覚える makes the feeling arising after ridicule the object experienced, while 羞恥心から質問できない makes shame the psychological cause preventing a question.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Experienced emotion and behavioral inhibition
  • 羞恥心を覚える is the onset of an emotion, while 羞恥心から marks that feeling as a cause affecting action. It is not the same as objectively accepting responsibility for wrongdoing.