Word Meaning

じょく joku

辱 is read as じょく (joku) and means shame.

Meaning

English

  1. shame
  2. embarrassment
  3. disgrace

Reading

Kana

じょく

Romaji

joku

Writing Variants

  • はじ haji
  • はじ haji
  • 恥じ はじ haji
  • はじ haji
  • はじ haji

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms Rank 6146 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

侮辱

ぶじょく

insult

恥辱

ちじょく

disgrace

屈辱

くつじょく

disgrace

雪辱

せつじょく

vindication of honour

Example Sentences

9

ひとまえでかれをはずかしめるようなことはしたくない。

I do not want to do anything that would humiliate him in public.

かれははいぼくをいちぞくのはじだとおもっている。

He sees that defeat as a disgrace to his family.

そんないいかたはあいてをはずかしめるだけだ。

Speaking that way only humiliates the other person.

かのじょははじをしのんでそのばをさった。

She endured the humiliation and left the place.

かれはとものなをはずかしめたくないといった。

He said that he did not want to disgrace his friend's name.

そのしつげんはかいしゃにとっておおきなはじとなった。

That blunder became a major disgrace for the company.

よわいものをはずかしめるのはひきょうだ。

Humiliating the weak is cowardly.

かれはそのはじをいっしょうわすれないだろう。

He will probably never forget that humiliation for the rest of his life.

ひとをわざとはずかしめてはいけない。

You must not deliberately humiliate people.