恥辱(ちじょく)

Forms

• 恥(ち) (shame) + 辱(じょく) (disgrace, insult)
• Both characters relate to shame, making this a strong, emphatic word

Common collocations

• 恥辱(ちじょく)を雪(そそ)ぐ (to clear one's name, wipe away disgrace)
• 恥辱(ちじょく)を受(う)ける (to suffer disgrace)
• 恥辱(ちじょく)を与(あた)える (to bring disgrace upon)
• 恥辱(ちじょく)的(てき) (disgraceful)

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• Formal, literary word
• More common in written language

Similar words

• 恥(はじ) (shame - more common in everyday speech)
• 屈辱(くつじょく) (humiliation)
• 不名誉(ふめいよ) (dishonor)
• 面目(めんぼく)を失(うしな)う (to lose face)