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疑惑

ぎわく

suspicion; misgivings; doubt cast on someone

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Examples

  1. この種の事件はよく疑惑を生む。

    このしゅのじけんはよくぎわくをうむ。

    Incidents of this kind often give rise to suspicion.

  2. 彼の説明では疑惑は晴れなかった。

    かれのせつめいではぎわくははれなかった。

    His explanation did not dispel the suspicion.

  3. 議員は資金をめぐる疑惑を全面的に否定した。

    ぎいんはしきんをめぐるぎわくをぜんめんてきにひていした。

    The lawmaker flatly denied the allegations over the funds.

Common patterns

疑惑を招く
to invite suspicion
疑惑が晴れる
for suspicion to be cleared up
疑惑の目で見る
to look at with suspicion

Memory tip

Newspaper vocabulary for a scandal in which someone is suspected of wrongdoing. 疑問 is an intellectual question you would like answered; 疑惑 is dark suspicion aimed at a person.

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