汚お点てん

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Meanings

Often figurative: a mark of shame, failure, or fault that spoils someone's record, reputation, career, or history. More formal and abstract than an ordinary physical stain.

その事じ件けんは会かい社しゃの歴れき史しに大おおきな汚お点てんを残のこした。
The incident left a major stain on the company's history.
彼かれの経けい歴れきに汚お点てんはない。
There is no blemish on his record.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に汚お点てんを残のこすto leave a stain/blemish on something (a career, history, etc.)
その不ふ正せい事じ件けんは会かい社しゃの歴れき史しに汚お点てんを残のこした。
The scandal left a stain on the company's history.
〈人ひと〉の経けい歴れきに汚お点てんがつくfor a blemish to appear on someone's career/record
その事じ件けんで彼かれの経けい歴れきに汚お点てんがついた。
The incident put a blemish on his career.
汚お点てんをぬぐうto wipe away a stain (figuratively, to redeem one's reputation)
彼かれは過か去この汚お点てんをぬぐうために懸けん命めいに努ど力りょくした。
He worked hard to wipe away the stain of his past.

Kanji

汚dirty, pollute, disgrace
点spot, point, mark

Related words

汚お名めい
汚名 emphasizes the disgraceful reputation or label attached to someone, while 汚点 focuses on the lasting mark or blemish that disgrace leaves behind.
不ふ名めい誉よ
不名誉 names the state of dishonor itself, whereas 汚点 highlights the specific blemish or mark that results from it.
欠けっ点てんN3
欠点 is a neutral defect or shortcoming, while 汚点 carries a stronger sense of shame or damage to one's reputation.
汚よごれN3
汚れ is a concrete, physical dirtiness, whereas 汚点 is usually an abstract blemish on a record or reputation.
傷きずN4
汚点 refers specifically to a stain on one's reputation or record, matching the metaphorical use of 傷 for disgrace.

Don't confuse with

弱じゃく点てんN3
弱点 refers to a weakness or vulnerable point, while 汚点 refers to a shameful mark or blemish on one's history or reputation.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 汚, associated with dirtiness or defilement, and 点, a point or mark; literally a dirty mark, extended to a figurative blemish or disgrace.