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不祥事 (ふしょうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

不ふ祥しょう事じ

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Meanings

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noun

scandal; misconduct; impropriety

Refers to a disgraceful incident or wrongdoing, especially in organizational, corporate, or public contexts. Often used in news reports.

会かい社しゃの不ふ祥しょう事じが新しん聞ぶんで大おおきく報ほう道どうされた。
The company's scandal was widely reported in the newspapers.

政せい治じ家かの不ふ祥しょう事じが次つぎ々つぎと明あかるみに出でた。

The politician's misconduct came to light one after another.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
祥auspicious, happiness, blessedness
事matter, thing, fact

Similar words

スキャンダル
スキャンダル is a loanword often used for sensational or personal scandals, while 不祥事 is more formal and typically refers to organizational or public misconduct.
不ふ正せい
不正 means injustice or wrongdoing in a broader sense, including illegal acts, while 不祥事 specifically implies a scandalous incident that damages reputation.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (negative prefix), 祥 (auspicious, good omen), and 事 (matter, affair). Literally 'an unauspicious matter', it came to mean a scandalous or disgraceful incident.