不ふ祥しょう事じ

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Meanings

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.

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Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉が不ふ祥しょう事じを起おこすfor an organization to cause/commit a scandal
その会かい社しゃは不ふ祥しょう事じを起おこして信しん用ようを失うしなった。
The company caused a scandal and lost public trust.
不ふ祥しょう事じが発はっ覚かくするfor a scandal to come to light
社しゃ内ないで不ふ祥しょう事じが発はっ覚かくし、記き者しゃ会かい見けんが開ひらかれた。
A scandal came to light inside the company, and a press conference was held.
不ふ祥しょう事じを隠かくすto cover up a scandal
経けい営えい陣じんは長なが年ねん、不ふ祥しょう事じを隠かくしていた。
The management had been covering up the scandal for years.
不ふ祥しょう事じの責せき任にんを取とるto take responsibility for a scandal
社しゃ長ちょうは不ふ祥しょう事じの責せき任にんを取とって辞じ任にんした。
The president resigned, taking responsibility for the scandal.
不ふ祥しょう事じが相あい次つぐfor scandals to occur one after another
最さい近きん、業ぎょう界かいで不ふ祥しょう事じが相あい次ついでいる。
Scandals have been occurring one after another in the industry lately.

Kanji

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

Related 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 the more formal term typically used for organizational or corporate misconduct.
醜しゅう聞ぶん
醜聞 is a literary, old-fashioned word for a scandal focused on personal disgrace, whereas 不祥事 is the standard modern term used in news reports about organizations.
不ふ正せいN3
不正 refers broadly to wrongdoing or illegal acts, while 不祥事 specifically means a scandalous incident that damages an organization's reputation.
醜しゅう態たい
不祥事 is a scandal or incident of misconduct, often within an organization, while 醜態 highlights the visually or morally shameful nature of the behavior itself.
疑ぎ獄ごく
不祥事 is a general word for any scandal or embarrassing incident, while 疑獄 specifically implies a scandal involving bribery or graft.

Don't confuse with

不ふ審しんN1
不審 means suspicious or doubtful and looks similar in kanji, but it describes a feeling of distrust, not an actual scandal like 不祥事.

Built from

不ふ祥しょう+事じ

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.