罪

Meaning

罪 centers on moral or legal wrongdoing: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, or offense. All these meanings share the idea of a transgression that brings culpability.

• 犯罪はんざい
  N3

  crime; offence; offense

• 罪つみ
  N3

  crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion

• 謝罪しゃざい
  N1

  apology

• 無罪むざい
  N1

  innocence; being not guilty

• 有罪ゆうざい
  N1

  guilt; culpability

• 罪悪ざいあく

  crime; sin; vice

• 冤罪えんざい

  false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

• 罪人ざいにん

  criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

• 大罪だいざい

  serious crime; grave sin

• 罪状ざいじょう

  (nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

• 罪深いつみぶかい

  sinful; wicked; immoral

• 重罪じゅうざい

  felony; serious crime

• 贖罪しょくざい

  atonement

• 断罪だんざい

  judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation

• 免罪めんざい

  acquittal

• 同罪どうざい

  same crime

• 死罪しざい

  capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

• 原罪げんざい

  original sin

• 偽証罪ぎしょうざい

  crime of perjury

• 功罪こうざい

  merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses

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