断だん罪ざい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

judgment of a crime; conviction; condemnation

Refers to the act of declaring someone guilty and passing sentence, often in a legal or moral context. Can be used figuratively for strong condemnation.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに断だん罪ざいを下くだした。

  The court passed judgment on the defendant.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは世せ論ろんによって厳きびしく断だん罪ざいされた。

  His actions were harshly condemned by public opinion.

noun

beheading; decapitation

Dated term for execution by beheading, now largely historical. Rarely used outside descriptions of past punishments.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、重じゅう罪ざい人にんに対たいして断だん罪ざいが行おこなわれた。

  In the Edo period, beheading was carried out for serious criminals.