How to say "rape" in Japanese

• レイプCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for the crime of rape or sexual assault, with a direct, blunt feel. Typical contexts are everyday conversation, news reports and discussion of criminal cases.
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• 強姦ごうかんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe kanji term for rape as a crime, equivalent to レイプ but Sino-Japanese in flavour. You meet it typically in newspapers, court reports and legal or statistical writing.
• 婦女暴行ふじょぼうこうCommon
  nounSexual assault of a woman — the word itself limits the victim to women, covering rape in that sense. Typical of news and police reports and legal or statistical contexts.
• 菜なCommon
  nounThe plant, not the crime: rape in the botanical sense, Brassica napus, grown for rapeseed. It has nothing to do with sexual assault, so never reach for it when describing the crime.
• 暴行ぼうこうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbEssentially an act of violence or assault; it conveys rape only through the idea of force, chiefly in set phrases such as 婦女暴行. On its own it seldom names the crime specifically.

For the crime, choose between the loanword 「レイプ」 and the kanji term 強姦, with 婦女暴行 specifying a female victim and 暴行 essentially meaning assault; 菜 is solely the rapeseed plant.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• レイプrape
• 強姦ごうかんrape
• 婦女暴行ふじょぼうこうsexual assault (of a woman)
• あぶらなrape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
• 手篭めてごめrape
• のざわなrape (Brassica rapa)
• 蕓薹うんだいrape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
• なたねなrape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
• 犯るやるto rape
• 性的暴行せいてきぼうこうrape
• 強制性交きょうせいせいこうforcible sexual intercourse
• 強制性交等罪きょうせいせいこうとうざい(crime of) forcible sexual intercourse
• 強姦罪ごうかんざい(crime of) rape
• 菜なrape (Brassica napus)
• 犯すおかすto rape
• 乱暴らんぼうrape
• 暴行ぼうこうrape (by force)
• 姦するかんするto rape
• 辱めるはずかしめるto violate
• 辱めはずかしめ(sexual) violation
• 陵辱りょうじょくsexual assault
• いたずらlewd behaviour