五ご罪ざい

noun

five punishments of the ritsuryō system

Historical term referring to the five official punishments under the Japanese ritsuryō legal codes: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, and death.

See also: 五刑

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、五ご罪ざいとして笞ち・杖じょう・徒ず・流る・死しが定さだめられていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the five punishments were defined as light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, and death.

noun

five punishments of ancient China

Historical term for the five severe punishments in ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, and death. Distinct from the Japanese ritsuryō set.

See also: 五刑

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの五ご罪ざいには、墨ぼく・劓ぎ・剕ひ・宮きゅう・大たい辟へきがあった。

  The five punishments of ancient China included tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, and death.