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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

汚お職しょく

oshoku

corruption in public office

Example sentences

  1. 汚職おしょく事件じけんで逮捕たいほされた。

    He was arrested on corruption charges.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 政治家せいじかとして企業きぎょうのお金かねを受うけ取とるのは、汚職おしょくでなくて何なにだろう。

    If a politician accepting money from a corporation isn’t corruption, what is it?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 清廉潔白せいれんけっぱくできこえた彼かれが、汚職おしょくなんかに手てを染そめるわけない。

    He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He’d never get involved in corruption.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 汚職

  • 汚dirty; polluteOnオKunけがす・けがれる・けがらわしい
  • 職post; employmentOnショク・ソク

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