First opened Tuesday, August 15, 2023
刑罰
けいばつ
- head-high (atamadaka): falls after mora 1
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
judgment, penalty, punishment
Taken apart
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In a sentence
それは罪人に対する最も人道的な刑罰ではないか。
Isn't that the most humane punishment for criminals?
圧倒的多数がその残酷な刑罰を廃止することに票を投じた。
An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.