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死刑 (しけい): death penalty — Japanese vocabulary

死刑 is read しけい and means "death penalty". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

死刑

Reading
しけい · shikei
Translation
death penalty
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しけいが

Example

被告人は死刑を宣告された。

ひこくにんはしけいをせんこくされた。

The accused was sentenced to death.

Kanji in this word

  • 死 — Death, Die
  • 刑 — penalty, punishment

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