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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

辟易 (hekieki)

wince, shrink back, succumbing to, being frightened, disconcerted

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

辟易 (へきえき, hekieki) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “wince, shrink back, succumbing to, being frightened, disconcerted”.

Kanji in this word

易 easy

Example sentences 2

お前まえがどこまでも強情ごうじょうを張はるなら…. If you continue obstinate, ….彼かれは彼女かのじょの強情ごうじょうに辟易へきえきした. He was daunted by her intransigence .とカーナン氏しは強情ごうじょうに繰くり返かえした。

repeated Mr. Kernan obdurately.

彼は人付き合いに辟易している。

He's fed up with socializing.