屈辱(くつじょく)

くつじょく

disgrace, humiliation

In this lesson

Reading and meaning

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)は公(おおやけ)の場(ば)で受(う)けた屈辱(くつじょく)を決(けっ)して忘(わす)れなかった。
He never forgot the humiliation he suffered in public.
敗北以上(はいぼくいじょう)に、彼女(かのじょ)は仲間(なかま)に見捨(みす)てられたことを屈辱(くつじょく)と感(かん)じた。

More than the defeat itself, she felt humiliated by being abandoned by her companions.

彼(かれ)は屈辱(くつじょく)に耐(た)えながらも、再起(さいき)の機会(きかい)を静(しず)かに待(ま)った。

Although he endured the humiliation, he quietly waited for an opportunity to make a comeback.

彼(かれ)はかつての屈辱(くつじょく)をばねにして、事業(じぎょう)を成功(せいこう)させた。

He used his past humiliation as motivation and made his business a success.