けい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. penalty; sentence; punishment
Pitch accent
け
い
Used in vocabulary (71 in total)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
(police) detective; criminal matter
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
Examples (1 in total)
The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.