強姦|ごうかんgoukan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrape; sexual assault
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 強姦する（ごうかんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 強姦します（ごうかんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 強姦しない（ごうかんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 強姦しません（ごうかんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 強姦せず・強姦せぬ（ごうかんせず・ごうかんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 強姦した（ごうかんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 強姦しました（ごうかんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 強姦しなかった（ごうかんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 強姦しませんでした（ごうかんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 強姦して（ごうかんして） |
| Potential | 強姦できる（ごうかんできる） |
| Passive | 強姦される（ごうかんされる） |
| Causative | 強姦させる（ごうかんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 強姦させられる（ごうかんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 強姦すれば（ごうかんすれば） |
| tara | 強姦したら（ごうかんしたら） |
| Volitional | 強姦しよう（ごうかんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 強姦しましょう（ごうかんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 強姦しろ（ごうかんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym暴行ぼうこうNeutralBroadly, any act of violence; news reports often use it as a euphemism for sexual assault, where 「強姦」 is the blunt old criminal-code name.
- SynonymレイプNeutralA loanword used in everyday speech and in the media; it is about as blunt as 「強姦」, not a softened alternative.
- Synonym婦女暴行ふじょぼうこうWrittenWritten euphemism common in news reports; unlike 「強姦」, it applies only to sexual assault of women.
- Related乱暴らんぼうNeutralRefers to rough, violent behaviour in general and only sometimes serves as a euphemism for sexual assault; far broader than 「強姦」.
- Related汚すよごすNeutralVerb meaning to make dirty or defile; in its sexual sense it is a euphemistic metaphor rather than the direct naming of 「強姦」.
- Related襲うおそうNeutralVerb for attacking or raiding; when it means sexual assault it is a euphemism with a wide range of uses, unlike the direct 「強姦」.
- Related犯すおかすNeutralVerb for committing a crime or breaking a rule; with a person as object it can mean rape, and in that sense it is more written in style than 「強姦」.
- Related陵辱りょうじょくWrittenCovers humiliation and disgrace as well as sexual assault; its literary, fiction-like flavour sets it apart from the direct 「強姦」.
- Related手篭めてごめNeutralOld-fashioned word for seizing someone by force and violating them; rarely used today, while 「強姦」 remains the standard blunt term.
- Related辱めるはずかしめるNeutralVerb meaning to humiliate or put to shame; in its sexual sense it works as a euphemism, softer than the direct 「強姦」.
- Related辱めはずかしめWrittenNoun for shame or disgrace; as a word for sexual assault it is an old-style euphemism found in written prose rather than speech.
- Related貞操蹂躙ていそうじゅうりんWrittenOld legal and documentary term; extremely written in register and rarely seen in modern Japanese.
「強姦」 is the blunt word for rape and the old criminal-code name 「強姦罪」: the offence became 「強制性交等罪」 in 2017 and is now 「不同意性交等罪」. News reports prefer euphemisms such as 「性的暴行」 or 「暴行」. 「レイプ」 is just as blunt; 「乱暴」 is a vaguer euphemism; 「襲う」「汚す」「辱める」 soften it; 「犯す」 in this sense is more written; 「婦女暴行」「陵辱」「辱め」「貞操蹂躙」 belong to written prose.
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