暴行|ぼうこうboukou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbassault; outrage; act of violence
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrape (by force); sexual assault
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 暴行する（ぼうこうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 暴行します（ぼうこうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 暴行しない（ぼうこうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 暴行しません（ぼうこうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 暴行せず・暴行せぬ（ぼうこうせず・ぼうこうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 暴行した（ぼうこうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 暴行しました（ぼうこうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 暴行しなかった（ぼうこうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 暴行しませんでした（ぼうこうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 暴行して（ぼうこうして） |
| Potential | 暴行できる（ぼうこうできる） |
| Passive | 暴行される（ぼうこうされる） |
| Causative | 暴行させる（ぼうこうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 暴行させられる（ぼうこうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 暴行すれば（ぼうこうすれば） |
| tara | 暴行したら（ぼうこうしたら） |
| Volitional | 暴行しよう（ぼうこうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 暴行しましょう（ぼうこうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 暴行しろ（ぼうこうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym乱暴らんぼうNeutralCovers roughness and rudeness as well as violence, e.g. 「乱暴な言葉」. 「暴行」 is the legal and news term for acts of violence.
- Synonym暴挙ぼうきょWrittenAn outrageous, high-handed act, as in 「暴挙に出る」. 「暴行」 is about physical violence against a person.
- Synonym強姦ごうかんWrittenFormal, legal-flavored word for rape. 「暴行」 is broader — covering both beating and sexual violence — and more euphemistic.
- SynonymバイオレンスNeutralLoanword for violence, common in film and game genres like 「バイオレンス映画」. 「暴行」 is the more legal term.
- Related襲うおそうNeutralVerb meaning to attack or strike; also used of disasters, as in 「台風が襲う」. 「暴行」 focuses on violence done to a person.
- RelatedレイプNeutralBlunt loanword for rape, common in speech. 「暴行」 is the more euphemistic legal and news term.
- Related襲撃しゅうげきNeutralA surprise attack, as in 「襲撃事件」. 「暴行」 centers on the act of doing violence to a person.
- Related強襲きょうしゅうWrittenWritten word for a fierce assault or charge, mostly in military or sports contexts. 「暴行」 is about violence against a person.
- Related犯すおかすNeutralVerb meaning to commit a crime or break a rule; can also mean to rape. 「暴行」 is the legal and news noun.
- Related陵辱りょうじょくWrittenWritten word for humiliating or sexually violating someone. 「暴行」 is broader, covering beating and other physical violence.
- Related手篭めてごめWrittenArchaic term for forcing oneself on a woman; rarely used today. 「暴行」 is the usual legal and news word.
- Related襲いかかるおそいかかるNeutralVerb for lunging or pouncing at someone, as in 「犬が襲いかかる」. 「暴行」 names the act of violence itself.
- RelatedゲバルトWrittenGerman loanword for political violence, esp. in the student protests; dated. 「暴行」 is broader, covering individual acts too.
- Related辱めるはずかしめるWrittenVerb meaning to humiliate or disgrace someone, also to violate sexually. 「暴行」 focuses on physical violence against a person.
- Related乱行らんぎょうWrittenWritten word for dissolute or outrageous conduct. 「暴行」 is about violence done to a person.
- Related暴状ぼうじょうWrittenRare written word for a state of violent outrage; in everyday use say 「暴行」 or 「暴挙」.
- RelatedゲバCasualColloquial short form of 「ゲバルト」, for radical political violence, as in 「内ゲバ」; dated.
- Related強姦罪ごうかんざいWrittenLegal term for the crime of rape (now renamed 「不同意性交等罪」 in the penal code). 「暴行」 is broader.
Use 「暴行」 for violence against a person — beating or sexual assault — as in 「暴行罪」「暴行を加える」; it is the legal and news term. For roughness or rudeness use 「乱暴」; for a surprise attack 「襲撃」; for an outrageous act 「暴挙」. For rape, the blunt word is 「強姦」. Most other alternatives are written, dated or specialized terms.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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