大だい不ふ敬けい

noun

great impropriety (toward the imperial family)

Archaic term for a serious breach of etiquette or disrespect directed at the imperial family or related institutions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい不ふ敬けいとみなされる行こう為いは厳きびしく罰ばっせられた。

  In the Edo period, acts considered great impropriety toward the imperial family were severely punished.

noun

crime against the imperial family (or related shrine)

Historical legal term, often associated with the 八虐 (eight unpardonable crimes) in ancient Japanese law. Refers to offenses against the emperor, imperial family, or imperial shrines.

See also: 八虐

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、大だい不ふ敬けいは八はち虐ぎゃくの一ひとつに数かぞえられた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, great disrespect toward the imperial family was counted among the eight unpardonable crimes.