Meaning

Primary

Reputation

Alternative

Fame

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

When people evaluate and judge you at every turn, it means you have quite a reputation, and indeed fame. Wouldn't this be terrible if people evaluated and judged you 24/7? Having that kind of reputation or fame would be difficult.

Reading

ひょうばん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. This uses a slightly different reading from what you learned for , so here's a mnemonic to help you:

Your reputation is incredibly important to you, so don't let anybody know that you've been banned (ばん) on the WaniKani forums before. Wouldn't want anyone to find out. What, this is going to be published as a reading mnemonic on WaniKani?! What are you talking about? Oh sh-...

Context

Context Sentences

あの野球評論家は、あまり評判が良くないんだよ。

That baseball commentator doesn't have a very good reputation.

トーフグでは、ポートランドで評判の美人が働いている。

A well-known beauty in Portland works for Tofugu.

この地域は昔はスラム街でしたが、政府の戦略としての居住地域の高級化が功を奏し、住環境ががらっと変わったんですよ。今は評判もすこぶるいいです。

This area was once a slum, but the government's gentrification strategy was successful and dramatically changed the living conditions. Now it has an extremely good reputation.

Kanji Composition