Translation guide
Ways to express the idea of avoiding legal obligations or circumventing the law in Japanese, from formal legal terms to everyday expressions.
To refer to the act of avoiding the law through technicalities or loopholes, often in a legal or formal context.
The most direct and common term for 'evasion of the law', used in legal and formal contexts. It implies acting within the letter of the law but against its spirit.
Acts of legal evasion should be strictly regulated.
They were selling legal highs (substances that evade drug laws).
Literally 'to use loopholes in the law'. A common phrase to describe exploiting legal gaps.
He is evading taxes by exploiting loopholes in the law.
A formal legal term meaning 'circumvention of the law'. Used in academic or legal writings.
New regulations are needed to prevent circumvention of the law.
Specifically referring to the illegal non-payment or underpayment of taxes.
To express the idea of evading legal obligations or responsibilities in a more colloquial or general sense.
A versatile verb meaning 'to escape' or 'to evade'. Used with nouns like 責任 (responsibility) or 法律 (law).
He tried to evade legal responsibility.
Means 'to avoid' or 'to evade'. Often used in contexts like risk avoidance or legal obligation avoidance.
Literally 'to slip through'. Implies sneaking past regulations or getting away with something.
脱法 (dappō) is a general term for evading any law, while 脱税 (datsuzei) specifically means tax evasion. Use 脱税 when talking about taxes, and 脱法 for other legal areas.
Both legal evasion and tax evasion are illegal.
The phrase 'evasion of the law' cannot be directly translated word-for-word into natural Japanese. Use the terms provided instead of trying to combine 回避 (kaihi) or 逃れる (nogareru) with 法律 (hōritsu) in a literal way without context.
avoidance of the law (unnatural phrasing)
He tried to evade taxes by moving his assets overseas.
He consulted a lawyer to avoid legal problems.
He always finds a way to slip through the law.