adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. shameless, infamous, disgraceful.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
破廉恥 はれんち
 
 
 
 
ハレンチ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rend, rip, tear
ハ やぶ.る わ.れる (5th, N3)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
bargain, reason, charge
レン きよ (Late Jr. High, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
concurrently, and, beforehand
ケン か.ねる かね (Early Jr. High, N1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
shame, dishonor
は.じる はじ チ (Early Jr. High, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)