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    3. 死刑

    死刑

    死し刑けい

    death penalty

    N1KMT4News #5+1CoreNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab12 strokes

    しけい

    Noun

    1.
    death penalty, capital punishment

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    彼かれは死し刑けいを宣せん告こくされました。

    He was sentenced to death.

    KMT4Politics & Lawlaw
    その国くにでは死し刑けい制せい度どが廃はい止しされました。

    The death penalty system was abolished in that country.

    KMT4Politics & Lawlaw
    死し刑けい判はん決けつは、通つう常じょう、最もっとも重じゅう大だいな犯はん罪ざいに対 して下くだされます。

    Death sentences are usually handed down for the most serious crimes.

    KMT5Politics & Lawlaw
    死し刑けいの是ぜ非ひについては、世せか界い中じゅうで議ぎ論ろんが続つづいています。

    Debates on the pros and cons of capital punishment continue worldwide.

    KMT6Politics & Lawphilosophy
    国こく際さい社しゃ会かいでは死し刑けい廃はい止しを求もとめる声こえが高たかまっています。

    In the international community, calls for the abolition of the death penalty are growing.

    KMT6Politics & LawCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    刑
    punish・penalty・sentence・punishment
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