冤 罪(えんざい)

えんざい

noun

false accusation; wrongful conviction

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1. false accusation; wrongful conviction

being charged or convicted of a crime one did not commit

冤罪(えんざい)で投獄(とうごく)された。

He was imprisoned on false charges.

長年(ながねん)の裁判(さいばん)の末(すえ)、ようやく冤罪(えんざい)が晴(は)れた。

After years of trials, he was finally cleared of the false charge.

冤罪(えんざい)事件(じけん)の被害者(ひがいしゃ)に国(くに)が謝罪(しゃざい)した。

The government apologized to the victim of the wrongful conviction case.

Forms

冤(えん) (false charge, injustice) + 罪(ざい) (crime, guilt)

Common collocations

冤罪(えんざい)を晴(は)らす: to clear one's name
冤罪(えんざい)を主張(しゅちょう)する: to claim innocence
冤罪(えんざい)事件(じけん): wrongful conviction case
冤罪(えんざい)被害者(ひがいしゃ): victim of wrongful conviction
冤罪(えんざい)で投獄(とうごく)される: to be imprisoned on false charges

Related words

無実(むじつ): innocence (provable fact)
濡(ぬ)れ衣(ぎぬ): false accusation (idiomatic, less formal)
誤認(ごにん)逮捕(たいほ): wrongful arrest
再審(さいしん): retrial

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Related Words

Related: 自白(じはく) (confession)

Related: 無実(むじつ) (innocence)

Related: 再審(さいしん) (retrial)

Compare: 誤判(ごはん) (misjudgment)

Compare: 濡(ぬ)れ衣(ぎぬ) (false accusation)

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Added 2026.1.26 14:21 · Revised 2026.9.26 10:25

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