死刑 (shikei)
death penalty, capital punishment
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 2
- #5405 most frequent
Meaning
死刑 (しけい, shikei) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “death penalty, capital punishment”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
死刑に反対するデモが行われた
A demonstration against capital punishment was held.
私は死刑を廃止します。
I will abolish capital punishment.
殺人を犯せば死刑です。
Murder is punished by death.
彼の罪は死刑に値する。
His crime deserves the death penalty.
彼は死刑に処せられた。
He was sentenced to death.
彼は死刑を宣告された。
He was condemned to death.
その犯罪は死刑に値する。
That crime is punishable by death.
死刑は廃止すべきである。
We must abolish the death penalty.
被告は死刑判決を受けた。
The defendant was sentenced to death.
法廷は彼を死刑に処した。
The court sentenced him to death.
多くの国は死刑を廃止した。
Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
彼は死刑の廃止を主張した。
He advocated abolishing the death penalty.