侵犯|しんぱんshinpan[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbviolation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
   民間機みんかんきが軍事的ぐんじてき領域りょういきを侵犯しんぱんしたとのことです。↗

   A commercial airplane allegedly violated military airspace.

• Synonym侵略しんりゃくWrittenWritten. Violating another nation's or group's sovereignty, territory or independence; 「侵犯」 stresses crossing borders — airspace, territorial waters — or rights.
• Synonym侵すおかすNeutralNeutral verb for violating or harming, used widely — even of illness ravaging the body.
• Related侵攻しんこうWrittenWritten. Troops attacking into another country; stresses the military offensive itself.
• Related侵入しんにゅうNeutralNeutral and broad: entering uninvited, from military incursion to unlawful entry into buildings and networks; 「侵犯」 is about rights and territory.
• Related来襲らいしゅうWrittenWritten. Something coming to attack — enemy planes, typhoons — as in 「台風の来襲」; stresses the arrival of the assault.
• Related攻略こうりゃくNeutralNeutral. Capturing a place by attack, and also game strategy guides; stresses overcoming or conquering the target.
• Related侵食しんしょくWrittenWritten. Gradual encroachment, eating away at ground bit by bit, as in 「市場を侵食」; stresses the slow taking of ground.
• Related攻め込むせめこむNeutralNeutral verb for attacking one's way into enemy ground; the focus is on forcing your way in.
• Related占領せんりょうNeutralNeutral. Occupation — military or hogging a seat to yourself; the point is holding and controlling a place.
• Related占拠せんきょWrittenWritten. Occupying a building or site and barring others from entering, as in 「不法占拠」.
• Related乱入らんにゅうNeutralNeutral. Bursting in roughly and uninvited — one person or many, as in 「会場に乱入する」.
• Related襲来しゅうらいWrittenWritten. An enemy or disaster coming to attack; stresses the descent or arrival of the assault.
• Related侵襲しんしゅうWrittenWritten. Mostly medical, as in 「侵襲的な治療」; an assault on the body, stressing the damage done to it.
• Related入寇にゅうこうWrittenOld-fashioned written word for a foreign enemy invading, seen mainly in historical narratives.
• Related蚕食さんしょくWrittenWritten metaphor for encroaching step by step, like a silkworm eating mulberry leaves; a gradual, steady takeover.
• Related闖入ちんにゅうWrittenWritten. Suddenly forcing your way in without permission, as in 「闖入者」.
• Related攻め入るせめいるWrittenWritten verb for attacking one's way in; stresses the assault pushing into enemy ground.
• Related討ち入るうちいるWrittenWritten, historical verb for storming a mansion, as with the Ako ronin; a surprise armed raid into the residence.
• Related不法侵入ふほうしんにゅうWrittenWritten legal term for entering another person's home or land without permission — trespassing.
• Antonym保護ほごNeutralNeutral. Protection, keeping something from harm — the opposite of 「侵犯」 as an act of violation.
• Antonym防衛ぼうえいWrittenWritten. Defence, especially guarding the nation against invasion — the opposite of 「侵犯」 as cross-border violation.
• Antonym尊重そんちょうNeutralNeutral. Respect, treating something as inviolable — the opposite of 「侵犯」 where rights are concerned.

Use 「侵犯」 for crossing a line and violating airspace, territorial waters or rights, as in 「領空侵犯」「人権侵犯」. For violating another country's sovereignty say 「侵略」; for a military push into another country, 「侵攻」; for breaking in, 「侵入」; for gradual encroachment, 「侵食」. The opposites are 「防衛」 and 「尊重」.

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

1. 不法ふほうに領土りょうどや権利けんりなどを侵おかすこと。