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流刑 (りゅうけい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
exile ; banishment ; deportation
Refers to the punishment of sending a person away from their home country or region, often as a legal penalty. Can be used both as a noun and with する to mean 'to exile'.
その 作さっ 家か は 政せい 府ふ に よっ て 流りゅう 刑けい さ れ た 。
The writer was exiled by the government.
Kanji 刑 punish, penalty, sentence Similar words 追つい 放ほう 追放 is a broader term for expulsion or banishment from a group or country, not necessarily a formal legal punishment. 流刑 specifically implies a judicial sentence of exile.
国こく 外がい 追つい 放ほう 国外追放 means deportation or expulsion from a country, often used in immigration contexts. 流刑 is more historical and legal, implying punishment.
Etymology Compound of 流 (ryū, 'to flow, to send away') and 刑 (kei, 'punishment'). The reading るけい is an older Sino-Japanese reading.
