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有罪 (ゆうざい, yuuzai) Japanese meaning: guilt | Kotomora
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ひ
告こく
に
有ゆう
罪ざい
判はん
決けつ
を
下くだ
し
た
。
The court handed down a guilty verdict against the defendant.
He was found guilty of murder.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 有ゆう 罪ざい となる for someone to be found guilty
The defendant was found guilty in the trial.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 有ゆう 罪ざい 判はん 決けつ を 下くだ す to hand down a guilty verdict to someone
The court handed down a guilty verdict to the defendant.
有ゆう 罪ざい を 認みと める to admit guilt / plead guilty
He admitted committing the crime and pleaded guilty.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 有ゆう 罪ざい が 確かく 定てい する for someone's guilt to be finalized (after appeals)
The defendant's guilt was finalized by the Supreme Court.
Related words 無む 罪ざい Antonym meaning 'innocence' or 'not guilty'. Used in legal contexts to indicate acquittal or lack of guilt.
罪つみ General term for 'crime' or 'sin', broader and less formal than 有罪, which specifically refers to the state of being guilty.
Opposites innocence; not guilty
有罪 means 'guilty', the direct opposite of 無実's 'innocent' when discussing a criminal accusation.
有罪 means 'guilty', the direct legal opposite of 潔白's sense of proven innocence.
Etymology Compound of 有 (existence, possession) and 罪 (crime, guilt). The combination directly conveys the concept of 'having guilt' or 'being guilty'.
corpus delicti; evidence of guilt
