犯人 (はんにん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora人
を
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.
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.
凶悪犯人
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
