死 刑(しけい)

しけい

noun

death penalty, capital punishment

legal

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)

Related Words

Compare: 無期懲役(むきちょうえき) (life imprisonment)

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Added 2026.2.24 15:12 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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