不祥事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 祥 事
ふ
Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
じ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不祥事 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

不祥 (fushō, “scandalous”) +‎ 事 (ji, “matter”)

Pronunciation

Noun

不(ふ)祥(しょう)事(じ) • (fushōji) ←ふしやうじ (fusyauzi)?

  1. a scandal (incident that brings disgrace)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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