Word Meaning 私刑を加える

しけいをくわえる shikei o kuwaeru

私刑を加える is read as しけいをくわえる (shikei o kuwaeru) and means to take the law into one's own hands.

Meaning

English

to take the law into one's own hands

Reading

Kana

しけいをくわえる

Romaji

shikei o kuwaeru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 46885 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

私服刑事

しふくけいじ

plainclothes police officer

私刑

しけい

punishment without a legal trial

付加刑

ふかけい

supplementary punishment

私する

わたくしする

to act selfishly

私塾

しじゅく

private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

私案

しあん

private plan

私邸

してい

private residence

私企業

しきぎょう

private enterprise

私的制裁

してきせいさい

punishment without a legal trial

私的整理

してきせいり

voluntary liquidation

私選弁護人

しせんべんごにん

private defense counsel

私的価値

してきかち

private value