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    3. 醜聞

    醜聞

    醜しゅう聞ぶん

    scandal

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L2NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab31 strokes

    しゅうぶん

    Noun

    1.
    scandal

    Stroke 0 / 31

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    その政せい治じ家かは醜しゅう聞ぶんで辞じ任にんした。

    That politician resigned due to a scandal.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    彼かれの私し生せい活かつに関かんする醜しゅう聞ぶんが、新しん聞ぶんで大おおきく報ほうじられた。

    A scandal concerning his private life was widely reported in the newspaper.

    KMT10Politics & LawDaily Life
    会かい社しゃは、この醜しゅう聞ぶんが業ぎょう績せきに与あたえる影えい響きょうを懸け念ねんしている。

    The company is concerned about the impact this scandal will have on its performance.

    KMT10Politics & LawBusiness & Finance
    政せい府ふは、その醜しゅう聞ぶんの真しん相そう究きゅう明めいを約やく束そくした。

    The government promised to clarify the truth of the scandal.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    有ゆう名めい人じんの醜しゅう聞ぶんは、常つねにゴシップ誌しの格かっ好こうのネタとなる。

    Celebrity scandals are always prime material for gossip magazines.

    KMT10Politics & LawMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    醜
    みにく.い・しこ…(1)
    ugly・unclean・shame・bad looking
    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
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