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婦女暴行 (ふじょぼうこう, fujoboukou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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疑ぎ
で
男おとこ
を
逮たい
捕ほ
し
た
。
The police arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault of a woman.
The trial for the rape case has begun.
Usage patterns 婦ふ 女じょ 暴ぼう 行こう を 犯おか す to commit sexual assault (of a woman)
The man was arrested for committing sexual assault.
婦ふ 女じょ 暴ぼう 行こう の 疑うたが いで 逮たい 捕ほ される to be arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
He was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 婦ふ 女じょ 暴ぼう 行こう を 加くわ える to sexually assault someone
The perpetrator sexually assaulted the victim.
Kanji 行 going, journey, carry out Related words 強姦 is the direct, legal term for rape, whereas 婦女暴行 is a euphemistic media term used to describe the same act.
性的暴行 is a gender-neutral legal term for sexual assault, while 婦女暴行 specifically refers to assault against women and is more old-fashioned.
レイプ is a casual loanword for rape used in everyday speech, while 婦女暴行 is a stiff, formal term found mainly in news reports.
Etymology Compound of 婦女 (woman) and 暴行 (assault, violence). The term emerged in modern Japanese, likely influenced by legal and journalistic language.
