Word Meaning 被害者

ひがいしゃ higaisha

被害者 is read as ひがいしゃ (higaisha) and means victim.

Meaning

English

  1. victim
  2. injured party
  3. sufferer

Reading

Kana

ひがいしゃ

Romaji

higaisha

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Antonyms 加害者 Rank 12825 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

被害者が出る

ひがいしゃがでる

to claim victims

被害者面

ひがいしゃづら

playing the victim

被害者意識

ひがいしゃいしき

sense of being victimized

性被害者

せいひがいしゃ

sexual abuse victim

犯罪被害者

はんざいひがいしゃ

victim of crime

拉致被害者

らちひがいしゃ

abduction victims

オウム真理教犯罪被害者救済法

おうむしんりきょうはんざいひがいしゃきゅうさいほう

Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)

被疑者

ひぎしゃ

suspect

被験者

ひけんしゃ

examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)

被後見者

ひこうけんしゃ

ward (of a guardian)

被治者

ひちしゃ

the ruled

被収容者

ひしゅうようしゃ

(prison) inmate

Example Sentences

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Tom was the victim of a heinous crime.

If you only listen to the testimony of the victim you can't understand the full story of the incident.

It is said that several victims of the tsunami think that the devastation they saw was the kind that made you cover your eyes.

With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.