屈辱

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 屈辱 and read くつじょく, it is deep humiliation arising from an insult or degradation of one's dignity.
• Basic usage: It appears after unjust public suspicion and as a painful past experience transformed into motivation.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Stronger than ordinary embarrassment
  • The word involves injured honor and a sense of being demeaned, not a momentary awkward feeling.