羞しゅう悪お

noun

shame and hatred of evil

A rare, formal noun used in classical Chinese-influenced texts to express a moral sense of shame combined with a strong aversion to wrongdoing. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 古こ典てんでは「羞しゅう悪おの心こころ」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In classical texts, the expression 'a heart of shame and hatred of evil' can be found.