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処罰 (しょばつ) — punishment | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

処罰

しょばつ

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1punishment
2penalty

Example sentence

シンガポールでは罪人を鞭打ちで処罰する。

In Singapore, one way to punish criminals is to whip them.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

処Dispose, Manage, Deal With5 strokes 罰Penalty, Punishment14 strokes

More words with 処

処分しょぶん · disposalN1 処理しょり · processingN3 対処たいしょ · deal withN1 何処どこ · where 彼処あそこ · there

Full entry on Jisho

其処

そこ · there (place relatively near listener)

仮処分かりしょぶん · provisional disposition

処置しょち · treatmentN1

More words with 罰

刑罰けいばつ · judgmentN1 罰ばつ · punishmentN1 罰するばっする · to punishN3 罰点ばってん · cross mark 賞罰しょうばつ · reward and punishment 体罰たいばつ · corporal punishment 懲罰ちょうばつ · discipline 罰ばち · (divine) punishment

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