死し刑けい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

Legal term for the punishment of execution. Used in formal, legal, and news contexts.

その国くにでは死し刑けい制せい度どが廃はい止しされた。
The death penalty system was abolished in that country.
裁さい判ばん所しょは被

ひ

告こく

人にん

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死し

刑けい

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言い

い

渡わた

し

た

。

The court sentenced the defendant to death.

極きょっ刑けい
極刑 is a broader term for the ultimate punishment, often synonymous with 死刑 but can also refer to life imprisonment in some contexts. 死刑 specifically means execution.
終しゅう身しん刑けい
終身刑 means life imprisonment without parole, a different sentence from the death penalty.

Compound of 死 (death) and 刑 (punishment, penalty). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese word.