How to say "reputation" in Japanese

• 評判ひょうばんJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe general word for reputation as public estimation: what people say about a person, shop, or product, for better or worse, as in a restaurant with a good reputation.
  スキャンダルで会社かいしゃの評判ひょうばんが落おちた。↗

  The scandal hurt the company's reputation.
• 名声めいせいCommon
  nounReputation in the sense of fame or renown earned through achievement; a statesman or scientist may win it. It is not the word for the reputation of a shop or product.
  その噂うわさで彼かれの名声めいせいが傷きずついた。↗

  The gossip hurt his reputation.
• 世評せひょうCommon
  nounReputation as judged by the public at large, close to public opinion; it concerns how society views someone, not the trust of people who know them well.
• 英名えいめいCommon
  nounA glorious, honored name rather than a neutral term for reputation: the lasting renown of someone admired, as of a hero whose name lives on. Seldom the word you want for plain reputation.
• 信用しんようJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally trust or confidence; as 'reputation' it means the credibility that makes others rely on you, as when a business is trusted. Not the word for what people merely say about something.
  私はもう彼かれを信用しんようしない。↗

  I do not trust him any longer.

Use 評判 for reputation as general public estimation, 名声 for renown earned through achievement, 世評 for the public's opinion at large, 英名 for a glorious name, and 信用 when reputation means trust or credibility.

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• 評判ひょうばんreputation
• 名声めいせいfame
• 世評せひょうreputation
• 英名えいめいfame
• 信用しんようconfidence
• 面目めんぼくface
• 体面たいめんhonour
• 人聞きひとぎきreputation
• 外聞がいぶんreputation
• レピュテーションreputation
• 声価せいかreputation
• 人付ひとづきreputation
• 盛名せいめいreputation
• 余所聞きよそぎきreputation
• 名聞めいぶんreputation
• 名望めいぼうreputation
• 声誉せいよreputation
• 声望せいぼうfame
• 輿望よぼうpopularity
• 沽券こけんdignity
• 面目次第めんぼくしだいface
• 名なfame
• 相場そうばreputation (according to conventional wisdom)
• 看板かんばんreputation (of a shop)
• 聞こえきこえreputation
• のれんreputation (of a store)
• 名誉めいよprestige
• うけdefense
• 刻印こくいんbrand (i.e. a mark of disgrace)
• 称しょうfame
• 極印ごくいんbrand (i.e. a mark of disgrace)
• 聞きききrumour
• 通りとおりreputation
• 株かぶreputation