五ご逆ぎゃく

noun

five cardinal sins

Buddhist term for the five gravest offenses: killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and causing a schism within the sangha.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、五ご逆ぎゃくを犯おかすと無む間けん地じ獄ごくに落おちるとされる。

  In Buddhism, it is said that committing the five cardinal sins leads to the Avīci hell.

noun

crime of killing one's master or close elder relatives

Historical legal term for the crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother. Rare in modern usage outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの法ほう律りつでは、五ご逆ぎゃくは極きわめて重おもい罪つみとされていた。

  Under Edo-period law, the crime of killing one's master or close elder relatives was considered an extremely serious offense.