noun
corporal punishment; physical punishment
A formal legal term referring to punishment inflicted on the body, such as flogging or caning. Not used for everyday scolding or spanking.
その国では身体刑がまだ行われている。
Corporal punishment is still practiced in that country.
身体刑の廃止を求める声が高まっている。
Calls for the abolition of corporal punishment are growing.
Compound of 身体 (body) and 刑 (punishment). A straightforward Sino-Japanese legal term.