不祥事

不祥事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	祥	事
ふ Grade: 4	しょう Grade: S	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふしょ​ーじ [fùshóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) ふしょーじ [fùshóójí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝɕo̞ːʑi]

Noun

不祥事 (hiragana ふしょうじ, rōmaji fushōji, historical hiragana ふしやうじ)

1. a scandal (incident that brings disgrace)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN