How to say "self-consciousness" in Japanese

• 自覚じかくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the self-awareness sense: clearly recognizing one's own condition, role, or faults. Typical when someone becomes aware of a shortcoming, an illness, or the responsibility their position carries.
  あなたは自分じぶんの責任せきにんを自覚じかくしなければならない。↗

  You should awake to your responsibilities.
• 自意識じいしきCommon
  nounConsciousness of oneself as a separate self; this is the word for the uncomfortable sense of 'self-conscious', feeling overly aware of how one appears to others, as a self-conscious teenager might.

Use 自覚 for the self-awareness sense, clearly recognizing one's own condition, role, or faults; use 自意識 for consciousness of oneself, especially the uncomfortable sense of being aware of how one appears to others.

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• 自覚じかくself-consciousness
• 自意識じいしきself-consciousness
• 自己意識じこいしきself-consciousness
• 自我意識じがいしきself-consciousness