Word Meaning 処刑

しょけい shokei

処刑 is read as しょけい (shokei) and means execution.

Meaning

English

  1. execution

Reading

Kana

しょけい

Romaji

shokei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 4829 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

処断刑

しょだんけい

discretionary sentence

処刑場

しょけいじょう

place of execution

処刑台

しょけいだい

scaffold

公開処刑

こうかいしょけい

public execution

刑事処分

けいじしょぶん

criminal punishment

刑に処する

けいにしょする

to sentence

処罰

しょばつ

punishment

処遇

しょぐう

treatment (of a person)

処理系定義の動作

しょりけいていぎのどうさ

implementation-defined behavior

処理系定義

しょりけいていぎ

implementation-defined

処理施設

しょりしせつ

treatment plant

処女宮

しょじょきゅう

Virgo (6th zodiacal sign)

Example Sentences

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The king was executed.

Tom was executed.

Charles I had his head cut off.

They demanded the king be put to death at once.

It sometimes happens that innocents are sentenced to death.

After the war, the Netherlands was the country that executed and tortured the most Japanese, though some of them were innocent.

The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI.