お
汚
めい
名
へん
返
じょう
上

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.yoji.
  1. clearing one's name, redeeming oneself, restoring one's honor.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
お
汚
めい
名
へん
返
じょう
上
 汚名返上 おめいへんじょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

dirty, pollute, disgrace
きたな.い　よご.す　けが.す (Early Jr. High, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
name, noted, distinguished
な　メイ　ミョウ (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
return, answer, fade
かえ.す　ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン　タン　ホン (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
above, up
ジョウ　うえ　あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)