corporal punishment; physical punishment
Refers to punishment inflicted on the body, such as flogging or caning, as opposed to fines or imprisonment. Used in legal and historical contexts.
体刑は現在、多くの国で禁止されている。
Corporal punishment is now prohibited in many countries.
prison sentence; penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour
Specifically denotes a sentence involving physical confinement and often hard labor. More formal and legalistic than 懲役.
裁判官は被告に体刑を言い渡した。
The judge sentenced the defendant to penal servitude.
Compound of 体 (body) and 刑 (punishment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in legal contexts to refer to physical or custodial penalties.