How to say "humiliation" in Japanese

• 屈辱くつじょくCommon
  nounThe common word for humiliation as a feeling or experience: being disgraced or having one's pride wounded. Use this as your default for 'humiliation' in most contexts.
  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.
• 陵虐りょうぎゃく
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbHumiliation here means demeaning treatment inflicted on another — an indignity, affront, or assault. Less common, and it names the act rather than the feeling, so it is seldom the word for one's own humiliation.
• 汚辱おじょく
  nounHumiliation as disgrace: being shamed or insulted in a way that stains one's honor. It carries a stronger sense of disgrace or defilement than 屈辱 and is less common.
• 慙愧ざんき
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbReally a word for shame, compunction, and remorse over one's own conduct; the humiliation it names is inner shame, not being humiliated by another. Less common, and seldom the word you want for humiliation.

Choose 屈辱 for the ordinary feeling of being humiliated; 汚辱 for humiliation as disgrace staining one's honor; 陵虐 for humiliating treatment inflicted on someone; 慙愧 chiefly for inner shame and remorse.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace
• 陵虐りょうぎゃくhumiliation
• 汚辱おじょくdisgrace
• 慙愧ざんきshame