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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

屈くつ辱じょく

kutsujoku

humiliation, disgrace

Example sentences

それは彼女かのじょに対たいする屈辱くつじょくだ。
It is an insult to her.
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彼女かのじょは彼かれの率直そっちょくな言葉ことばに屈辱くつじょくをおぼえた。
She was mortified by his frank remark.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
強訴ごうそで何なにの成果せいかも得えることができなかったことは、延暦寺えんりゃくじにとって大おおきな屈辱くつじょくだった。
It was a huge disgrace for Enryaku-ji Temple that nothing was achieved by the direct petition.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 屈辱

屈yield; bendOnクツKunかがむ・かがめる
辱embarrass; humiliateOnジョクKunはずかしめる

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