はばかる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はばかる – see the following entry.

【憚る】 [verb] (intransitive) to hesitate, to be afraid to do [verb] (intransitive) to get full, grow rampant [verb] (intransitive) to throw one’s weight around, to make one’s presence felt [verb] (archaic, transitive) to beware of, be wary of [verb] (archaic, transitive) to abhor, detest [verb] (archaic, transitive) to grieve, hold a funeral service

(This term, はばかる (habakaru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)