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    3. 戦犯

    戦犯

    戦せん犯ぱん

    war criminal

    KMT7News #16+1NounPolitics & LawMilitaryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    せんぱん

    Noun

    1.
    war criminal
    abbreviation
    2.
    person responsible for a team's defeat
    slang

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは戦せん犯ぱんとして裁さばかれた。

    He was tried as a war criminal.

    KMT6MilitaryPolitics & Law
    第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん後ご、多おおくの戦せん犯ぱんが国こく際さい法ほう廷ていで起 訴 された。

    After World War II, many war criminals were prosecuted in international courts.

    KMT7MilitaryPolitics & LawHistory
    彼かれは戦せん犯ぱんとして、その行こう為いの責せき任にんを問 われた。

    As a war criminal, he was held accountable for his actions.

    KMT7MilitaryPolitics & Law
    彼かれのミスが決けっ勝しょう点てんに繋つながり、チームの戦せん犯ぱんとなってしまった。

    His mistake led to the winning point, and he became the team's scapegoat (war criminal).

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    歴れき史し家かたちは、戦せん犯ぱんの定てい義ぎとその責せき任にんについて議ぎ論ろんを続つづけている。

    Historians continue to debate the definition of war criminals and their responsibilities.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    戦
    いくさ・たたか.う・おのの.く・そよ.ぐ・わなな.く…(2)
    war・battle・match
    犯
    おか.す…(2)
    crime・sin・offense
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