バツ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. punishment; penalty
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
being twice divorced; two-time divorcee; (lit.) two x marks (i.e. two names struck from the family register)
Examples (4 in total)
Every crime calls for punishment.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.
Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?
They sought to punish him for his crime but he escaped.