Word Meaning 逆罪

ぎゃくざい gyakuzai

逆罪 is read as ぎゃくざい (gyakuzai) and means crime of killing one's master or parent (Edo period).

Meaning

English

crime of killing one's master or parent (Edo period)
very grave sin

Reading

Kana

ぎゃくざい

Romaji

gyakuzai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 109364 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

国家反逆罪

こっかはんぎゃくざい

(crime of) treason

大逆罪

たいぎゃくざい

(the crime of) high treason

五逆罪

ごぎゃくざい

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

反逆罪

はんぎゃくざい

(crime of) treason

逆効果

ぎゃくこうか

opposite effect

逆さ

さかさ

inverted

逆

ぎゃく

converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)

逆手

さかて

underhand grip

逆境

ぎゃっきょう

adverse circumstances

逆立ち

さかだち

being upside down

逆らう

さからう

to go against

逆行

ぎゃくこう

retrograde motion

Example Sentences

彼は大逆罪で島流しにされた。

He was banished to an island for high treason.

国によっては、国家反逆罪の刑罰が終身刑ということもあり得る。

In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison.