Word Meaning 大逆罪

たいぎゃくざい taigyakuzai

大逆罪 is read as たいぎゃくざい (taigyakuzai) and means (the crime of) high treason.

Meaning

English

(the crime of) high treason

Reading

Kana

たいぎゃくざい

Romaji

taigyakuzai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 76229 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

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大罪

たいざい

serious crime

大逆

たいぎゃく

high treason

大逆事件

たいぎゃくじけん

High Treason Incident (socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji in 1910)

大逆手

おおさかて

backward-twisting overarm throw

大逆無道

たいぎゃくむどう

heinous

大逆転

だいぎゃくてん

Trading Places (1983 film)

大逆

おおさが

Sebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)

大逆非道

たいぎゃくひどう

heinous

国家反逆罪

こっかはんぎゃくざい

(crime of) treason

五逆罪

ごぎゃくざい

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

反逆罪

はんぎゃくざい

(crime of) treason

逆罪

ぎゃくざい

crime of killing one's master or parent (Edo period)