How to say "constrained" in Japanese

• ぎこちないCommon
  i-adjectiveFits 'constrained' when it means stiff and unnatural, as with a constrained smile or manner. Its core meaning is awkward or clumsy, not restricted or limited.
  彼かれは動作どうさがぎこちない。↗

  He is awkward in his movements.
• 気詰まりきづまり
  na-adjectiveThis is the word for 'constrained' in the social sense: feeling unable to relax with someone, an uncomfortable stiffness between people, as in a constrained atmosphere or relationship.
  彼女かのじょと一緒いっしょにいると気詰きづまりだ。↗

  I feel ill at ease in her company.
• 気の詰まるきのつまる
  expression, prenominal modifierExpresses the same constrained, ill-at-ease feeling as 気詰まり, but it is less common and seldom the word you want; for this sense, reach for 気詰まり instead.
• 制限付きせいげんつき
  prenominal modifierCovers 'constrained' in the sense of limited or restricted, subject to limits as with constrained resources or conditions, rather than any feeling of awkwardness.

Choose 「ぎこちない」 for stiff or awkward movement and manner, 「気詰まり」 for feeling constrained or ill at ease with others, and 「制限付き」 for constrained meaning limited or restricted, while 「気の詰まる」 expresses the same idea as 「気詰まり」 but is less common.

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• ぎこちないawkward
• 気詰まりきづまりconstrained
• 気の詰まるきのつまるconstrained
• 制限付きせいげんつきlimited
• 窮屈きゅうくつconstrained