Word Meaning 醜聞

しゅうぶん shuubun

醜聞 is read as しゅうぶん (shuubun) and means scandal.

Meaning

English

  1. scandal

Reading

Kana

しゅうぶん

Romaji

shuubun

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 名声,美談 Rank 12566 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

醜女

しこめ

female demon

醜い

みにくい

ugly

醜態

しゅうたい

disgraceful behavior

醜悪

しゅうあく

ugly

聴聞

ちょうもん

listening

壁新聞

かべしんぶん

wall newspaper

邦字新聞

ほうじしんぶん

Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan)

異聞

いぶん

strange tale

博聞

はくぶん

well-informed

星条旗新聞

せいじょうきしんぶん

Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

虚構新聞

きょこうしんぶん

Kyokō Shimbun (parody news site)

逸聞

いつぶん

something unheard of

Example Sentences

2

かのじょはそのじけんをまちのしゅうぶんだといった。

she called the incident a scandal that shamed the town.

A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals.