Word Meaning 大逆

たいぎゃく taigyaku

大逆 is read as たいぎゃく (taigyaku) and means high treason.

Meaning

English

high treason

Reading

Kana

たいぎゃく

Romaji

taigyaku

Writing Variants

大逆だいぎゃく daigyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 8497 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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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)

大逆非道

たいぎゃくひどう

heinous

大逆罪

たいぎゃくざい

(the crime of) high treason

謀大逆

ぼうたいぎゃく

plotting to damage the imperial palace or an imperial tomb

大根

だいこ

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

大勢

おおぜい

in great numbers

大麦

おおむぎ

barley (Hordeum vulgare)

大枝

おおえ

large branch

大量

たいりょう

large quantity

Example Sentences

彼は大逆罪で島流しにされた。

He was banished to an island for high treason.