General term for punishment or penalty, often used in legal, disciplinary, and everyday contexts. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to indicate a specific type of punishment (e.g., 罰金, 体罰).
He was made to clean as punishment for being late.
法律違反には厳しい罰が科せられる。
Strict penalties are imposed for violations of the law.
If you do something that bad, you'll be punished for it (by fate/heaven).
They imposed a punishment on the employee who broke the rules.
As punishment, I was banned from playing games for a week.
He managed to escape punishment.
罰 is the plain, everyday word for punishment in general, while 懲戒 is the formal term used for official disciplinary measures.
罰 is the plain, native Japanese word for punishment in general, while ペナルティー is the loanword often used in sports, business, or legal contexts.
罰 is the plain, general word for punishment, while 罰則 is the formal legal or institutional term for a specific punitive rule.
punishment; penalty · penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
punishment; penalty; sentence
discipline; punishment; reprimand
corporal punishment; physical punishment
divine punishment; wrath of God; heaven's justice · suitable punishment; just deserts; comeuppance
severe punishment; strict penalty; rigorous measures
divine punishment
cross mark; X mark; demerit mark
rewards and punishments
heavy punishment; severe penalty
divine punishment; retribution
eternal punishment; kalpa-long retribution
inevitability of punishment; certain punishment
punishment; discipline
punitive wage cut; salary reduction as punishment
punishment room; penal cell
penalty stroke; penalty
penalty drink; forfeit drink
penalty payment; points forfeited for a rule violation
punishment running; running laps as punishment