別に恥ずかしいとか思わない。別に I dont get it


別に恥ずかしいとか思わない。

What is 別に? I didnt get it. Ive already read some articles about it, but
sill..

The first article I read. I learned the meaning of it, which can be "not
really, not particularly", and that the verb has to be in the negative form.
Example "それはべつにわるいことでもない。""That's not particularly a bad thing."

But I can't get it here.




別に by itself means "particularly", "in particular", "specially", etc. It's a
[negative polarity item](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/16060/5010), so
it is almost always used in a negative sentence. 別に(～ない) is used when
something is not special nor of particular interest.

> 別に恥ずかしいとか思わない。  
>  I don't think it's embarrassing _in particular_.




別に by itself means "particularly", "in particular", "specially", etc. It's a
[negative polarity item](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/16060/5010), so
it is almost always used in a negative sentence. 別に(～ない) is used when
something is not special nor of particular interest.

> 別に恥ずかしいとか思わない。  
>  I don't think it's embarrassing _in particular_.

