下手人
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しゅ
に
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Meanings
1
offender; criminal; perpetrator
dated term
Dated term, especially used historically for a murderer or the person who committed a crime. In modern contexts, 犯人 or 加害者 is more common.
In Edo-period documents, his name is recorded as the offender.
I heard that the perpetrator had already been caught.