Word Meaning 拷問

ごうもん goumon

拷問 is read as ごうもん (goumon) and means torture.

Meaning

English

  1. torture

Reading

Kana

ごうもん

Romaji

goumon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 16452 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

拷問禁止条約

ごうもんきんしじょうやく

United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)

拷問等禁止条約

ごうもんとうきんしじょうやく

United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)

拷問台

ごうもんだい

rack (torture device)

拷問具

ごうもんぐ

torture device

審問

しんもん

trial

慰問

いもん

visit to console someone

検問

けんもん

inspection

顧問

こもん

adviser

喚問

かんもん

summons

諮問

しもん

consultation

尋問

じんもん

questioning

弔問

ちょうもん

condolence call

Example Sentences

8

そのくにではごうもんがきんしされている。

Torture is prohibited in that country.

ごうもんのれきしをまなぶのはつらい。

Studying the history of torture is painful.

ごうもんによるじはくはしんようできない。

A confession obtained through torture cannot be trusted.

Conversion therapy is torture.

He was subjected to torture by the police.

Tom was tortured by the police.

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

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.