レイプreipu
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrape; sexual assault
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | レイプする |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | レイプします |
| Negative (nai) | レイプしない |
| polite (masen) | レイプしません |
| classical zu / nu | レイプせず・レイプせぬ |
| Past (ta) | レイプした |
| polite (mashita) | レイプしました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | レイプしなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | レイプしませんでした |
| Te form | レイプして |
| Potential | レイプできる |
| Passive | レイプされる |
| Causative | レイプさせる |
| Causative passive | レイプさせられる |
| Conditional (ba) | レイプすれば |
| tara | レイプしたら |
| Volitional | レイプしよう |
| polite (mashou) | レイプしましょう |
| Imperative | レイプしろ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym強姦ごうかんWrittenWritten, formal term for rape used in law and news; 「レイプ」 is a colloquial loanword with a more direct feel.
- Synonym婦女暴行ふじょぼうこうWrittenWritten, old-style news euphemism for sexually assaulting a woman.
- Related暴行ぼうこうNeutralNeutral word for assault or violence; news reports also use it as a euphemism for sexual assault, as in 「女性に暴行」.
- Related乱暴らんぼうNeutralNeutral word for roughness or violence; also an old-style euphemism for sexual violence, with far broader everyday uses.
- Related汚すよごすNeutralNeutral verb meaning to make dirty or defile; can euphemistically refer to violating a woman, but its basic sense is soiling.
- Related襲うおそうNeutralNeutral verb meaning to attack; also a euphemism for sexual assault, stressing the suddenness of the attack.
- Related犯すおかすWrittenWritten verb for committing a crime or breaking a rule; also a literary euphemism for rape.
- Related陵辱りょうじょくWrittenWritten word for insult or violation; also means sexual assault, with a literary tone or emphasis on the humiliation inflicted.
- Related手篭めてごめWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for rape; found mainly in period fiction.
- Related辱めるはずかしめるWrittenWritten verb meaning to humiliate; also a euphemism for sexual assault, with the nuance of dishonoring the victim.
- Related辱めはずかしめWrittenWritten noun for shame or disgrace; also serves as a euphemism for sexual violence.
- Related強姦罪ごうかんざいFormalFormal name of the legal crime of rape; renamed 「強制性交等罪」 in 2017 and now 「不同意性交等罪」.
- Related姦するかんするWrittenWritten verb for adultery or rape; very rare, with a classical flavor.
- Related強淫ごういんWrittenWritten word for rape; very rare, with an old legal flavor.
- Related貞操蹂躙ていそうじゅうりんWrittenOld-fashioned written phrase for the ravishing of a woman's chastity; carries an old legal flavor.
In everyday speech 「レイプ」 is the direct loanword; law and formal news use 「強姦」 (the crime is now 「不同意性交等罪」). News reports often soften to 「暴行」 or 「乱暴」; 「凌辱」 is literary, stressing humiliation. 「襲う」「犯す」「辱める」「汚す」 work as written euphemisms. 「手篭め」「辱め」「姦する」「強淫」「貞操蹂躙」「婦女暴行」 are old-fashioned or rare.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 強姦すること。
English equivalents
