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    3. 故意

    故意

    故こ意い

    intent

    KMT7News #17+1CorePolitics & LawEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    こい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    intent, intention, bad faith

    Noun

    2.
    mens rea (guilty mind)
    law

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    彼かれは故こ意いに私わたしを無む視しした。

    He intentionally ignored me.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その行こう為いは故こ意いによるものと判 断 された。

    That act was judged to be intentional.

    KMT7Politics & Lawlaw
    裁さい判ばん官かんは、被ひ告こくに故こ意いがあったかどうかを慎しん重ちょうに審しん理りした。

    The judge carefully deliberated whether the defendant had criminal intent.

    KMT7Politics & Lawlaw
    彼かれの発はつ言げんは故こ意いに相あい手てを傷きずつけるものだった。

    His remark was intended to intentionally hurt the other person.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    法ほう律りつでは、過か失しつと故こ意いでは罰ばっ則そくの重おもさが大おおきく異ことなる。

    In law, the severity of penalties differs greatly between negligence and intent.

    KMT8Politics & Lawlaw

    Kanji that make up this word

    故
    ゆえ・ふる.い・もと…(1)
    happenstance・especially・intentionally・reason・cause…(4)
    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
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