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容疑者 (ようぎしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

容よう疑ぎ者しゃ

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Meanings

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noun, noun, used as a suffix

Refers to a person suspected of a crime, especially in legal or news contexts. Can also be used as a suffix in compounds like 殺人容疑者 (murder suspect).

警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの身み元もとを確かく認にんした。
The police confirmed the identity of the suspect.
彼かれは窃せっ盗とう容よう疑ぎ

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捕ほ

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He was arrested as a theft suspect.

Kanji

容contain, form, looks
疑doubt, distrust, be suspicious
者someone, person

Similar words

被ひ疑ぎ者しゃ
被疑者 is a more formal legal term for a suspect under investigation, while 容疑者 is the common term used in news and everyday language.
犯はん人にん
犯人 means 'culprit' or 'perpetrator', implying guilt, whereas 容疑者 is a suspect who may or may not be guilty.

Etymology

Compound of 容疑 (ようぎ, 'suspicion') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The term is a modern legal coinage, likely from the Meiji period, used to translate Western legal concepts.