Translation guide
To violate a law, right, or rule; to encroach on someone's territory, privacy, or rights.
To break or fail to comply with a law, regulation, or someone's legal rights.
General term for infringing on rights, privacy, or legal protections. Commonly used in legal and formal contexts.
Acts that infringe copyright are illegal.
Please do not infringe on privacy.
To violate a rule, law, or agreement. Often used for traffic laws, contracts, or regulations.
He infringed traffic regulations.
To commit a crime or violate a law. Often used in serious contexts like crimes or moral transgressions.
If you infringe the law, you will be punished.
To intrude or trespass on someone's area, domain, or personal boundaries.
Also used for encroaching on rights or territory. Same word as above, but context differs.
The neighbor is infringing on my land.
To physically trespass or intrude into a place. More concrete than 侵害する.
He infringed on private property without permission.
To cross a border or boundary illegally or without authorization. Often used for territorial disputes.
The aircraft infringed on the airspace.
To limit or interfere with someone's autonomy, privacy, or personal life.
To interfere or meddle in someone's affairs. Often used when someone oversteps boundaries.
Parents infringe too much on their children's freedom.
To step into someone's private matters or space. Often used in the negative form 立ち入らないで (don't intrude).
侵害する is used for infringing on abstract rights (copyright, privacy), while 違反する is used for violating concrete rules or laws (traffic rules, contracts). 侵害する can also mean physical encroachment, but 違反する cannot.
Do not directly translate 'infringe' as 侵す (おかす) in all contexts. 侵す is more about invading or violating in a physical or moral sense, and may sound too strong for minor rule-breaking.
私生活に立ち入らないでください。
Please don't infringe on my private life.