死刑(しけい)

しけい
noun
death penalty, capital punishment
1. death penalty, capital punishment
The most severe legal punishment, in which the convicted person is sentenced to death. Japan retains the death penalty, carried out by hanging.
被告(ひこく)に死刑(しけい)が言(い)い渡(わた)された。
The defendant was sentenced to death.
死刑(しけい)制度(せいど)の廃止(はいし)を求(もと)める声(こえ)が高(たか)まっている。
There is growing demand for the abolition of the death penalty.
死刑(しけい)に賛成(さんせい)か反対(はんたい)かは国(くに)によって意見(いけん)が分(わ)かれる問題(もんだい)だ。
Whether one supports or opposes the death penalty is an issue on which opinions differ by country.

USAGE:
Japan is one of the few developed countries that retains the death penalty. The topic frequently appears in news and social studies materials. 死刑(しけい)執行(しっこう) (execution of the death penalty) is carried out by the Minister of Justice's order.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 死刑(しけい)判決(はんけつ): death sentence
  • 死刑(しけい)制度(せいど): death penalty system
  • 死刑(しけい)執行(しっこう): execution
  • 死刑(しけい)廃止(はいし): abolition of the death penalty
  • 死刑(しけい)囚(しゅう): death row inmate
  • 死刑(しけい)を求刑(きゅうけい)する: to demand the death penalty (prosecution)
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Added 2026.2.24 15:12
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