醜しゅう

noun, na-adjective

ugliness

Refers to physical or abstract ugliness. Often used in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの醜しゅうを気きにしている。

  He is self-conscious about his ugliness.

• その建たて物ものの醜しゅうさには驚おどろいた。

  I was surprised by the ugliness of that building.

noun

shame; disgrace

Refers to a state of shame or disgrace, often in a moral or social sense. Less common than sense 1.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの行こう為いの醜しゅうを恥はじた。

  He was ashamed of the disgrace of his actions.