Word Meaning 犯す

おかす okasu

犯す is read as おかす (okasu) and means to commit (e.g. crime).

Meaning

English

  1. to commit (e.g. crime)
  2. to perpetrate
  3. to make (e.g. mistake)
  4. to break (e.g. rule)
  5. to violate
  6. to transgress
  7. to contravene
  8. to rape

Reading

Kana

おかす

Romaji

okasu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words 襲う,暴行,強姦,レイプ,犯罪,犯罪者,乱暴,抱く Rank 7995 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

犯行

はんこう

crime

犯人

はんにん

offender

犯罪

はんざい

crime

犯意

はんい

criminal intent

犯罪者

はんざいしゃ

criminal

犯行現場

はんこうげんば

scene of the crime (offense, offence)

犯罪発生率

はんざいはっせいりつ

crime rate

犯罪組織

はんざいそしき

crime syndicate

犯罪率

はんざいりつ

crime rate

現行犯

げんこうはん

flagrante delicto

政治犯

せいじはん

political offender

戦犯

せんぱん

person responsible for a team's defeat

Example Sentences

10

Tom often makes mistakes.

We all make mistakes.

Anybody can make a mistake.

We are bound to make mistakes from time to time.

He is afraid of making mistakes.

More women than men commit perjury.

I'm just a boy who makes mistakes.

At Nagoya university it's tradition for the female students to be unlawful.

I am afraid he will make a mistake.

It was silly of you to make such a mistake.