► 名詞
刑 [(1)けい] meaning: punish rank: 2
☆ 彼は終身刑を受けた ⇨ He received a life sentence
☆ 人を殺して五年では刑が軽過ぎる ⇨ The 5-year sentence is too light for a murder (☛ Criminal punishment)
More examples:
- 捕虜は全員惨たらしく処刑された ⇨ The POWs were all horrifically executed
- 検察は死刑を論告した ⇨ The DA sought death penalty
- 刑事は証拠を押さえた ⇨ The detective secured the evidence
- 彼は網走刑務所に入所した ⇨ He entered Abashiri jail
- 囚人が刑務所から脱走した ⇨ An inmate escaped from the prison
- 裁判官は彼に死刑を宣告した ⇨ The judge sentenced him to death
- 死刑囚 ⇨ A death-row prisoner
- 彼は昨日刑務所に収監された ⇨ He was received at the jail yesterday
- 刑事はやっと犯人の尻尾を掴んだ ⇨ The detective finally caught the tail of the suspect, found evidence
- 再審で彼は減刑された ⇨ His sentence was reduced in the appeal
- 彼の死刑が執行された ⇨ His executing was carried out
- 彼は一週間に五回刑法の講義をする ⇨ He lectures on criminal law five times a week
- 彼は晒しの刑に処された ⇨ He was sentenced to pillorying
- 彼は無実の罪で三十年間刑務所に入れられた ⇨ He was incarcerated for 30 years for a crime he didn’t commit
- 死刑の廃止 ⇨ The abolition of death penalty