放火犯(ほうかはん)

A compound of 放火(ほうか) (arson; setting fire) and 犯(はん) (criminal/perpetrator). 放火(ほうか) itself is a serious crime under Japanese law, classified alongside murder as one of the most severely punished offenses.

Common collocations

• 放火犯(ほうかはん)を逮捕(たいほ)する — to arrest an arsonist
• 連続(れんぞく)放火犯(ほうかはん) — serial arsonist
• 放火犯(ほうかはん)を捕(つか)まえる — to catch an arsonist

Related words

• 放火(ほうか) — arson (the act itself)
• 放火(ほうか)する — to commit arson
• 失火(しっか) — accidental fire (as opposed to deliberate arson)
• 火災(かさい) — fire (general term for fires, whether accidental or deliberate)