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
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふしょーじ [fùshóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ふしょーじ [fùshóójí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ɕo̞ːʑi]

Noun

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

a scandal (incident that brings disgrace)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN