尊そん属ぞく殺さつ

noun

parricide

Legal term for the killing of one's own ascendant (parent, grandparent, etc.). Often used in the context of the former crime of parricide under the Japanese Penal Code (abolished in 1995).

See also: 尊属殺人

• 尊そん属ぞく殺さつの規き定ていは、1995年ねんの刑けい法ほう改かい正せいで削さく除じょされた。

  The provision on parricide was removed in the 1995 revision of the Penal Code.

• 尊そん属ぞく殺さつは、かつては普ふ通つう殺さつ人じんより重おもく罰ばっせられていた。

  Parricide used to be punished more severely than ordinary murder.