共犯(きょうはん)

きょうはん
noun
complicity, accomplice
formallegal
1. complicity, being an accomplice
Participation in a crime together with another person. Can refer to the act of being complicit or to the person who is an accomplice.
共犯(きょうはん)者(しゃ)が逮捕(たいほ)された。
The accomplice was arrested.
二人(ふたり)は共犯(きょうはん)関係(かんけい)にあった。
The two were accomplices.
彼(かれ)は事件(じけん)の共犯(きょうはん)として起訴(きそ)された。
He was charged as an accomplice in the case.

Used in legal and criminal contexts. Can function as both the abstract concept (complicity) and to describe the person (共犯(きょうはん)者(しゃ)).

Common collocations

  • 共犯(きょうはん)者(しゃ) (accomplice)
  • 共犯(きょうはん)関係(かんけい) (relationship as accomplices)
  • 共犯(きょうはん)として (as an accomplice)

Legal usage

In Japanese criminal law, 共犯(きょうはん) is a technical term covering various forms of joint criminal liability, including 共同(きょうどう)正犯(せいはん) (co-principal), 教唆犯(きょうさはん) (instigator), and 幇助犯(ほうじょはん) (aiding and abetting).

Related Words

Compare: 主犯(しゅはん) (principal offender)
Compare: 正犯(せいはん) (principal (offender))
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Added 2026.2.18 5:25 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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