辱はずかしめる

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

humiliate; disgrace; put to shame

To cause someone to lose face or feel deep shame, often publicly or through deliberate action.

彼かれは皆みんなの前まえで私わたしを辱はずかしめた。
He humiliated me in front of everyone.
そんなことをして家か族ぞくを辱

はずかし

める

な

。

Don't disgrace your family by doing such a thing.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

violate; sexually assault; rape

Euphemistic or literary term for sexual violation. Often used in news or formal contexts.

犯はん人にんは女じょ性せいを辱はずかしめた罪つみで逮たい捕ほされた。
The perpetrator was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman.

Written forms

辱はずかしめるUsage54%
Standard kanji spelling.
はずかしめるUsage19%
辱はずかしめるUsage17%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not used in normal writing.
恥はずかしめるUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not used in normal writing.

Kanji

辱embarrass, humiliate, shame
恥shame, dishonor

Similar words

恥はじをかかせる
More colloquial and direct way to say 'to embarrass/humiliate someone', while 辱める is more formal and carries a stronger sense of disgrace.
侮ぶ辱じょくする
Focuses on insulting or showing contempt, often through words or actions, whereas 辱める emphasizes causing shame or loss of dignity.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 恥ずかしい (hazukashii, 'embarrassing, shameful') with the verb-forming suffix める, which adds a causative/transitive meaning. The kanji 辱 carries the meaning of 'disgrace' or 'humiliate'.