会かい稽けいの恥はじ

expression, noun

humiliation of defeat; past disgrace; unendurable shame

Idiomatic expression referring to a deep, unforgettable humiliation, often from a past defeat or disgrace. Commonly used in the phrase 会稽の恥を雪ぐ (to wipe out the shame of a past defeat).

See also: 会稽の恥を雪ぐ (かいけいのはじをすすぐ)

• 彼かれは会かい稽けいの恥はじを雪すすぐために、厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうを積つんだ。

  He underwent rigorous training to wipe out the shame of his past defeat.

• あの敗はい戦せんは、我わが国くににとって会かい稽けいの恥はじとなった。

  That defeat became an unforgettable humiliation for our country.