Practice JLPT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.
痴漢はひどいので、とりあえず死刑にしてみた。
Since chikan are horrible, for the time being I decided to give him the death penalty.
失敗すれば、 死刑！
Darren is to be put through a trial. If he fails, it's the death penalty!
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.
彼は 死刑に 処せられた。
He was sentenced to death.
死刑は 廃止すべきである。
We must abolish the death penalty.
彼は 死刑を 宣告された。
He was condemned to death.
彼の 罪は 死刑に 値する。
His crime deserves the death penalty.
その 犯罪は 死刑に 値する。
That crime is punishable by death.
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 punished him with death.