プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
がいぶん【外聞】
❶〔世間体〕
父は外聞を重んじる人です
My father worries a lot about 「his reputation [what people think].
外聞が悪い
It is scandalous [disgraceful].
彼は恥も外聞もなく泣いた
He wept openly without caring about appearances.
❷〔外の人に知れること〕
外聞をはばかることだが会社は人手に渡るらしい
This shouldn't go any further, but it looks as if the company will change hands.