公こう然ぜんわいせつ罪ざい

noun

public indecency (crime)

Legal term for the offense of committing an indecent act in a public place, as defined under Japanese law.

• 公こう然ぜんわいせつ罪ざいで逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested for public indecency.

• 公こう然ぜんわいせつ罪ざいは刑けい法ほう第だい174条じょうに規き定ていされている。

  Public indecency is stipulated in Article 174 of the Penal Code.