大たい逆ぎゃく罪ざい

noun

high treason

A legal term for the crime of high treason, historically used in Japan's old criminal code (abolished). Now mainly encountered in historical or legal contexts.

• 大たい逆ぎゃく罪ざいは、かつて天皇てんのうや皇こう室しつに対たいする重じゅう大だいな犯はん罪ざいとして規き定ていされていた。

  High treason was once defined as a serious crime against the Emperor or the Imperial Family.