► 名詞
罪 [(1)つみ] [liter] meaning: crime rank: 1
☆ 彼は殺人の罪に問われた ⇨ He was prosecuted for a crime of murder
罪 [(1)つみ] [罪を犯す] [liter] meaning: crime rank: 1
☆ 彼は殺人の罪を犯した ⇨ He committed a crime of murder
► 形容動詞
罪 [(1)つみ] meaning: cruel rank: 3
☆ その気もないのに彼女を誘うなんて罪なことをするな ⇨ Don’t commit a crime, be so cruel, to ask her out when you’re not really interested in her (☛ Hurt someone’s feelings with frivolous actions)
► 接尾辞
罪 [ざい] meaning: crime rank: 2
☆ 彼は殺人罪で起訴された ⇨ He was prosecuted for a crime of murder
More examples:
- 犯罪教唆は犯罪だ ⇨ Abetting a crime is a crime itself
- 彼は裁判で晴れて無罪となった ⇨ He has been officially acquired in the trial
- 過去十年で暴力犯罪が半減した ⇨ Violent crimes have decreased in half in the past decade
- 罪人は首をはねられた ⇨ The criminal was executed by decapitation
- 犯罪組織 ⇨ A crime organization
- 彼は犯罪の道に走った ⇨ He has gone down the path of crime
- 罪を償う ⇨ Atone for crime
- 検察は彼を殺人罪で起訴した ⇨ The DA charged him with a murder
- 日本は凶悪犯罪が少ない ⇨ The number of violent crimes is low in Japan
- 彼は公然猥褻罪で逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested for public obscenity
- 彼は重大な犯罪を犯した ⇨ He committed a serious crime
- 違法と知らずにやっても無罪にはならない ⇨ You won’t be excused even if you didn’t realize it was illegal
- 私は罪悪感に苛まれた ⇨ I was tormented by guilty feeling
- 狡猾な犯罪者 ⇨ A cunning, shrewd, criminal
- 貧しい者が犯罪に走る悪循環 ⇨ A bad circle of the poor resorting to crimes