恥・辱・羞・耻・恥じ|はじhaji[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounshame; embarrassment; disgrace
   辱はじを知しれ。↗

   Bite your tongue!

   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.

• Synonym恥辱ちじょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for deep, grave disgrace, as in 「恥辱を受ける」. 「恥」 is more everyday and also covers the sense of shame itself.
• Synonym恥さらしはじさらしCasualColloquial. A person or act that makes an embarrassing spectacle; usable to berate someone or to mock oneself. 「恥」 is the shame itself.
• Synonym羞恥しゅうちWrittenWritten/formal prose for the feeling of shame, as in 「羞恥心」. 「恥」 is more colloquial and also covers embarrassing incidents.
• Synonym不名誉ふめいよNeutralDamage to one's reputation, as in 「不名誉な記録」. 「恥」 centers on personal feelings of shame.
• Synonym赤恥あかはじNeutralShame suffered in public view, as in 「赤恥をかく」. 「恥」 is broader and not limited to public situations.
• Synonym面汚しつらよごしCasualColloquial. Someone who disgraces their family or group, as in 「一家の面汚し」. 「恥」 is broader.
• Synonym不面目ふめんぼくWrittenWritten/formal prose for losing face or dignity. 「恥」 is more colloquial and much more common.
• Synonym顔汚しかおよごしCasualColloquial. A person or thing that disgraces a group; synonymous with 「面汚し」. 「恥」 is broader.
• Related屈辱くつじょくNeutralThe humiliated feeling of being forced to submit or insulted, as in 「屈辱的敗北」 and 「屈辱を味わう」. 「恥」 is broader and also covers self-aware shame.
• Related汚名おめいNeutralA bad reputation, as in 「汚名を返上」. 「恥」 centers on the feeling of shame.
• Related侮辱ぶじょくNeutralInsulting someone else, as in 「侮辱罪」. 「恥」 centers on feeling ashamed oneself.
• Related汚点おてんNeutralA stain or blot on one's record, as in 「経歴の汚点」. 「恥」 centers on the feeling of shame.
• Related辱めはずかしめNeutralHumiliation one suffers at another's hands; also a euphemism for sexual violation. 「恥」 centers on one's own sense of shame.
• Related汚辱おじょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for disgrace that stains one's honor. 「恥」 is more colloquial and much more common.
• Related慙愧ざんきWrittenWritten/formal prose and Buddhist in origin: deep shame felt on reflecting on one's own conduct. 「恥」 is more colloquial.
• Antonym誇りほこりNeutralThe antonym on the honor–shame axis: pride and self-respect, as in 「誇りを持つ」.
• Antonym名誉めいよNeutralThe antonym on the honor–shame axis: honor and good standing, as in 「名誉を守る」.

For shame or embarrassment, use 「恥」, as in 「恥をかく」. For deep disgrace in formal prose, choose 「恥辱」; for public humiliation, 「赤恥」; for the humiliated feeling after being insulted, 「屈辱」; for a bad reputation, 「汚名」. The antonyms are 「誇り」 and 「名誉」.

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1. （はじ）現実げんじつの自分じぶんの姿すがたが理想りそうとする姿すがたに比くらべ、劣おとっていることを自みずから認識にんしきして、不快ふかい又または悲痛ひつうに感かんじること。