侮辱

ぶじょく · bujoku · JLPT N1 · noun

abuse

侮 (insult) + 辱 (humiliate): to insult and humiliate someone, the same word in Japanese as Chinese: bujoku = insult/contempt

Both characters carry the sense of disgrace: 侮 means to scorn or belittle, 辱 means to shame or disgrace. Together they name the act of treating someone with contempt.

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