破廉恥

Reading

Kana: はれんち

Romaji: harenchi

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

infamy; shameless

Kanji

破

Readings: ハ、 やぶ.る、 やぶ.れる、 わ.れる

Meanings: rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

廉

Reading: レン

Meanings: bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful

恥

Readings: チ、 は.じる、 はじ、 は.じらう、 は.ずかしい

Meanings: shame, dishonor

Example Sentence

破廉恥(はれんち)な人間(にんげん)は自分(じぶん)の母(はは)さえも裏切(うらぎ)るだろう。

➥An unscrupulous person would sell even his own mother down the river.