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屈辱 (くつじょく, kutsujoku) Japanese meaning: disgrace | Kotomora
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おお
きな
屈くつ
辱じょく
と
感かん
じ
た
。
He felt the defeat in that match as a great humiliation.
Enduring the disgrace, he continued to work in silence.
Usage patterns 屈くつ 辱じょく を 受う ける to suffer humiliation
He suffered humiliation after losing the match.
屈くつ 辱じょく を 味あじ わう to experience/taste humiliation
He tasted humiliation for the first time after the crushing defeat.
屈くつ 辱じょく に 耐た える to endure humiliation
She kept working while enduring the humiliation.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 屈くつ 辱じょく を 与あた える to humiliate someone
屈くつ 辱じょく を 晴は らす to avenge one's humiliation
I intend to avenge my humiliation in the next match.
Kanji 辱 embarrass, humiliate, shame Related words 恥 is a broader, more personal term for shame or embarrassment, while 屈辱 implies a deeper, often public dishonor inflicted by others.
侮辱 refers to the act of insulting or showing contempt toward someone, while 屈辱 describes the resulting feeling or state of being humiliated.
恥辱 and 屈辱 are close in meaning, but 恥辱 leans toward the shame of one's own conduct while 屈辱 emphasizes humiliation forced on one by others.
Etymology 屈 (くっ, 'bend, yield') + 辱 (じょく, 'disgrace, shame'). The combination conveys the idea of being forced to bend under shame or dishonor.
The coach made a remark that humiliated the players.
