無む期き

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Used in legal and formal contexts to describe something without a fixed term or limit, such as a contract or suspension.

Antonyms: 有期

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 無期懲役; used in legal and news contexts to refer to a life sentence.

〈人ひと〉が無む期きになるfor someone to be given a life sentence
裁さい判ばんの結けっ果か、被ひ告こくは無む期きになった。
As a result of the trial, the defendant received a life sentence.
無む期きの〈事こと〉indefinite-term (contract, suspension, etc.)
その会かい社しゃでは無む期きの雇こ用よう契けい約やくを結むすぶことができる。
At that company, you can sign an employment contract with no fixed term.
〈人ひと〉に無む期きを求きゅう刑けいするfor prosecutors to demand a life sentence for someone
検けん察さつは被ひ告こくに無む期きを求きゅう刑けいした。
The prosecution demanded a life sentence for the defendant.

無む期き懲ちょう役えき sense 2
無期懲役 is the full legal term for 'life imprisonment', while 無期 is the common shortened form used in speech and headlines.
終しゅう身しん刑けい sense 2
終身刑 refers to a life sentence with no possibility of release, whereas 無期 (as used for 無期懲役) technically allows parole after a set period.

無む期き限げんN1
無期 is a shorter, more legalistic form often seen in compounds like 無期懲役 (life imprisonment), while 無期限 is the general everyday word for 'indefinite'.

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Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 期 (ki, 'period' or 'term').