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    絞首刑

    絞こう首しゅ刑けい

    death by hanging

    KMT10News #34+1Ref L2NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab27 strokes

    こうしゅけい

    Noun

    1.
    death by hanging, execution by hanging

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    絞こう首しゅ刑けいは残ざん酷こくな刑けい罰ばつです。

    Death by hanging is a cruel punishment.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    彼かれは絞こう首しゅ刑けいを宣せん告こくされた。

    He was sentenced to death by hanging.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの国くにで絞こう首しゅ刑けいが執しっ行こうされてきた。

    Historically, death by hanging has been carried out in many countries.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    絞こう首しゅ刑けいは、その残ざん虐ぎゃく性せいから国こく際さい的てきな批ひ判はんの対たい象しょうとなっている。

    Death by hanging has become the target of international criticism due to its brutality.

    KMT10Politics & LawMedicine & Health
    一いち部ぶの国くにでは、いまだに絞こう首しゅ刑けいが合ごう法ほう的てきな刑けい罰ばつとして残のこっている。

    In some countries, death by hanging still remains a legal form of punishment.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    絞
    しぼ.る・し.める・し.まる…(1)
    strangle・constrict・wring
    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    刑
    punish・penalty・sentence・punishment
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