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    3. 刑事

    刑事

    刑けい事じ

    (police) detective

    N3KMT3News #4+1CorePolitics & LawKanji Vocab14 strokes

    けいじ

    Noun

    1.
    (police) detective

    Noun, Verb

    2.
    criminal matter

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは刑けい事じです。

    He is a detective.

    KMT2Politics & Law
    刑けい事じが事じ件けんを捜そう査さしている。

    A detective is investigating the case.

    KMT3Politics & Law
    刑けい事じドラマは日に本ほんでも人にん気きが高たかい。

    Detective dramas are very popular even in Japan.

    KMT4Politics & LawMusic & Entertainment
    その刑けい事じは長なが年ねんの経けい験けんから犯はん人にんを特とく定ていした。

    The detective identified the culprit from years of experience.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    これは刑けい事じ事じ件けんではなく、民みん事じ事じ件けんだ。

    This is not a criminal case, but a civil case.

    KMT5Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    刑
    punish・penalty・sentence・punishment
    事
    こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)
    matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)
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