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収賄事件 (shuuwaijiken) Japanese meaning: bribery case | Kotomora

収しゅう賄わい事じ件けん

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わ

い

じ

け

ん

Meanings

1

bribery case; bribery scandal; graft case

Refers to a legal or political case involving bribery or corruption.

あの政せい治じ家かは収しゅう賄わい事じ件けんで逮

たい

捕ほ

さ

れ

た

。

That politician was arrested in a bribery case.

Kanji

収income, obtain, reap
賄bribe, board, supply
事matter, thing, fact
件affair, case, matter

Built from

収しゅう賄わい+事じ件けん

Etymology

Compound of 収賄 (accepting bribes) and 事件 (case, incident).