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生き恥

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 生き恥.

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Entry

生き恥きはじNounFreq #48031
1

dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life

Examples
最近のぼくは、「生き恥」「赤恥」をかくことを恐れなくなりました。
Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule".

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

life, genuine, birth

5 strokesFrequency 29JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セイショウ

Kun

い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う

Nanori

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

shame, dishonor

10 strokesFrequency 1,575JLPT N2Grade 8

On

Kun

は.じるはじは.じらうは.ずかしい

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