How to say "harassment" in Japanese

• 嫌がらせいやがらせCommon
  nounCovers harassment as deliberate, repeated pestering of a particular person — behaviour intended to annoy or upset them. The word to use when someone is being targeted, as by a colleague or neighbour.
  彼女かのじょはエレベーターの中なかで性的せいてきいやがらせを受うけた。↗

  She was sexually harassed in an elevator.
• 迷惑行為めいわくこういCommon
  nounDisruptive or abusive behaviour that causes trouble for others; typical of rules and public notices. As 'harassment' it fits when the emphasis is on nuisance caused rather than deliberate torment of one person.

Choose 「嫌がらせ」 for harassment deliberately directed at a particular person — repeated pestering meant to upset them — and 迷惑行為 for behaviour that causes trouble or disruption to others, as in public rules and notices.

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• 嫌がらせいやがらせharassment
• 迷惑行為めいわくこういdisruptive behaviour
• ハラスメントharassment (esp. in workplace)
• ハラharassment