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けい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. penalty; sentence; punishment
Alt. forms
刑けい
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けい
Pitch accent
け
い
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
prison; penitentiary
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
(police) detective; criminal matter
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Examples (1 in total)
The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.