rape; violation of chastity
Formal, literary, or legal term for sexual violation, especially in older texts. Rare in everyday speech; modern Japanese typically uses 強姦 (ごうかん) or 性的暴行.
Under the old penal code, violation of chastity was considered a serious crime.
Standard kanji spelling for this formal legal/literary term.
Variant using 躪 instead of 躙; less common but attested.
Compound of 貞操 (chastity) and 蹂躙 (trampling, violation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in older legal and literary contexts.