Word Meaning 死刑囚

しけいしゅう shikeishuu

死刑囚 is read as しけいしゅう (shikeishuu) and means criminal condemned to death.

Meaning

English

criminal condemned to death
convict on death row

Reading

Kana

しけいしゅう

Romaji

shikeishuu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 16165 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

確定死刑囚

かくていしけいしゅう

criminal condemned to death

死刑

しけい

death penalty

死刑制度

しけいせいど

capital punishment

死刑判決

しけいはんけつ

death sentence

死刑場

しけいじょう

place of execution

死刑執行人

しけいしっこうにん

executioner

死刑台

しけいだい

scaffold

死刑執行

しけいしっこう

execution

死刑宣告

しけいせんこく

death sentence

死刑廃止

しけいはいし

abolition of the death penalty

死刑確定者

しけいかくていしゃ

criminal condemned to death

裏山死刑

うらやましけい

being jealous of someone over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)