断罪|だんざいdanzai[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbjudgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation
- nounbeheading; decapitation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 断罪する(だんざいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 断罪します(だんざいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 断罪しない(だんざいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 断罪しません(だんざいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 断罪せず・断罪せぬ(だんざいせず・だんざいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 断罪した(だんざいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 断罪しました(だんざいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 断罪しなかった(だんざいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 断罪しませんでした(だんざいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 断罪して(だんざいして) |
| Potential | 断罪できる(だんざいできる) |
| Passive | 断罪される(だんざいされる) |
| Causative | 断罪させる(だんざいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 断罪させられる(だんざいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 断罪すれば(だんざいすれば) |
| tara | 断罪したら(だんざいしたら) |
| Volitional | 断罪しよう(だんざいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 断罪しましょう(だんざいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 断罪しろ(だんざいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related罪するつみするWrittenWritten/formal prose word for finding someone guilty and punishing them; rare in use. 「断罪」 is more often figurative, for harsh condemnation.
- Antonym赦免しゃめんFormalFormal term for pardoning a crime, covering legal measures such as amnesty or commutation of a sentence; the opposite of conviction by 「断罪」.
- Antonym免罪めんざいWrittenMeans freeing someone from guilt or sin rather than convicting them; best known from 「免罪符」. Stands opposite to 「断罪」.
- Antonym放免ほうめんWrittenRefers to releasing someone and lifting restraint, as in 「無罪放免」; the opposite of 「断罪」's handing down a conviction.
Use 「断罪」 for convicting someone of a crime, and figuratively for harsh condemnation, as in 「不正を断罪する」. For pardoning a crime choose 「赦免」 or 「免罪」; for release without conviction, 「無罪放免」.
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