わた
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
Kanji used
say
ferry over
Pitch accent
いわた
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Examples (3 in total)
The presiding judge sentenced the defendant to death.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.
He was eventually sentenced to five years in prison for that violent crime.