“Corruption” in Japanese
Short answer
Corruption in Japanese is “涜職” (tokushoku). Full meaning: corruption (esp. by a government employee), bribery.
Other ways to say “Corruption” in Japanese
背徳
haitoku corruption, immorality, lapse from virtue, fall from virtue
壊乱
kairan corruption (of order, public morals, etc.), subversion, degradation; collapse (of an organization, system, etc.), falling apart
転訛
tenka corruption, bastardisation
汚職
oshoku corruption
堕落
daraku depravity, corruption, degradation
贈収賄
zoushuuwai bribery, corruption
訛称
kashou corruption (of a word or expression), corrupted form
文字化け
mojibake corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding), garbling, illegal character, corrupted text, garbled text
収賄
shuuwai accepting bribes, corruption, graft
糜爛
biran sore, erosion, ulceration, abscess, decomposition (of a body); corruption, dissipation, becoming degenerate
貪汚
tan'o greed, corruption
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