Word Meaning 罪を着る

つみをきる tsumi o kiru

罪を着る is read as つみをきる (tsumi o kiru) and means to take the blame (for another's crime or mistake).

Meaning

English

  1. to take the blame (for another's crime or mistake)
  2. to take responsibility (for)
  3. to be charged with a crime

Reading

Kana

つみをきる

Romaji

tsumi o kiru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 119609 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

罪を着せる

つみをきせる

to pin a crime on

罪の報いを受ける

つみのむくいをうける

to pay for one's transgression

つみ

thoughtlessness

罪人

ざいにん

criminal

罪状

ざいじょう

(nature of a) crime

罪悪

ざいあく

crime

罪名

ざいめい

name of a crime

罪人を流す

ざいにんをながす

to exile a criminal

罪人

つみびと

sinner

罪状明白

ざいじょうめいはく

being proven guilty of a crime

罪業

ざいごう

sin

罪体

ざいたい

corpus delicti (concrete evidence of a crime, e.g. a bullet-riddled body)