犯人 (はんにん, hannin) Japanese meaning: offender | Kotomora捕
まえ
て
い
ない
。
The police haven't caught the culprit yet.
The offender left fingerprints at the scene.
Usage patterns
犯人を追うto pursue/chase the culprit
The police went into the mountains chasing the culprit.
犯人が逃げるthe culprit flees/escapes
The culprit fled the scene by car.
犯人が捕まるthe culprit gets caught
A week later, the culprit was finally caught.
犯人は〈人〉だと判明するit turns out that ... is the culprit
The investigation revealed that she was the culprit.
罪
N3
犯人 means 'the criminal' (the person), while 犯罪 means 'the crime' (the act), and learners often mix up the two due to the shared kanji 犯.
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
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searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
aiding a criminal to avoid capture
flagrant offender; person caught in the act
kidnapper; abductor
accessory before the fact
accessory after the fact
