浮うき名な

noun

romantic rumor; scandalous talk; love-affair gossip

Only when written 浮き名 / 浮名

Refers to rumors or public talk about someone's romantic involvement, often with a scandalous or titillating nuance. Commonly used in phrases like 浮き名を流す (to be the subject of romantic gossip).

• 彼かれは女じょ優ゆうとの浮うき名なを流ながしている。

  He is the subject of romantic rumors with an actress.

• あの政せい治じ家かは若わかい頃ころ、よく浮うき名なを立たてたものだ。

  That politician often caused scandalous talk about his love life when he was young.

noun

bad reputation; ill fame

Archaic sense referring to a generally bad reputation, not limited to romantic matters. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、彼かれの憂うき名なが記しるされている。

  His bad reputation is recorded in the ancient documents.