How to say "disgrace" in Japanese

• 屈辱くつじょくCommon
  nounCovers disgrace in the sense of humiliation: an indignity inflicted on you that wounds your pride, as when you are defeated, mocked, or treated with contempt.
  死しぬ方かたが屈辱くつじょくを受うけるよりもましだ。↗

  Death is preferable to dishonor.
• 恥はじJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe general word for shame: it covers embarrassment and disgrace alike, and is the natural choice when the English sense is plain shame rather than dishonour or a bad reputation.
  このようなスラム街がいは市しの恥はじだ。↗

  These slums are a disgrace to the city.
• 恥辱ちじょくCommon
  nounDisgrace or shame, with insult as a further sense: it can name the affront itself. It fits disgrace as a deep wound to one's dignity rather than light embarrassment.
• 恥さらしはじさらしCommon
  noun, na-adjectiveDisgrace exposed to public view: someone whose shameful conduct is laid bare for others to see. It fits calling a person or their behavior a disgrace.
• 汚名おめいCommon
  nounDisgrace as a bad name or dishonour: the stain left on a person's or organization's reputation by failure or wrongdoing. It names the damaged reputation itself, not the feeling of shame.
  その男おとこは反逆者はんぎゃくしゃの汚名おめいをきせられた。↗

  The man was branded as a traitor.

Choose 恥 for disgrace felt as shame or embarrassment, 「恥さらし」 for a public disgrace, 屈辱 for disgrace as humiliation, 恥辱 for disgrace as an insult or affront, and 汚名 for disgrace as a bad reputation.

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• 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace
• 恥はじshame
• 恥辱ちじょくdisgrace
• 恥さらしはじさらしdisgrace
• 汚名おめいbad name
• 不名誉ふめいよdishonor
• 失態しったいblunder
• 汚点おてんstain
• 名折れなおれdisgrace
• 汚辱おじょくdisgrace
• 面汚しつらよごしdisgrace
• 辱めるはずかしめるto humiliate
• 辱めはずかしめshame
• 陵辱りょうじょくinsult
• 不面目ふめんぼくshame
• 親泣かせおやなかせ(being the) bane of one's parents
• 汚すよごすto disgrace
• 汚れけがれdisgrace
• 汚しよごしshame
• 瑕瑾かきんshame
• 醜しゅうshame
• 傷きずstain (on one's reputation)