赦免|しゃめんshamen[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpardon; remission; amnesty
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 赦免する（しゃめんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 赦免します（しゃめんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 赦免しない（しゃめんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 赦免しません（しゃめんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 赦免せず・赦免せぬ（しゃめんせず・しゃめんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 赦免した（しゃめんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 赦免しました（しゃめんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 赦免しなかった（しゃめんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 赦免しませんでした（しゃめんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 赦免して（しゃめんして） |
| Potential | 赦免できる（しゃめんできる） |
| Passive | 赦免される（しゃめんされる） |
| Causative | 赦免させる（しゃめんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 赦免させられる（しゃめんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 赦免すれば（しゃめんすれば） |
| tara | 赦免したら（しゃめんしたら） |
| Volitional | 赦免しよう（しゃめんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 赦免しましょう（しゃめんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 赦免しろ（しゃめんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym免罪めんざいFormalFormal: stresses a crime being exempted and left unpursued; in religion, the pardoning of sin, as in 「免罪符」.
- Synonym恩赦おんしゃFormalFormal legal term for the system by which the executive remits punishment or guilt; covers general amnesties and special pardons.
- Synonym容赦ようしゃNeutralNeutral: being lenient and going easy rather than pressing hard; very often in the negative 「容赦なく」.
- Related勘弁かんべんCasualColloquial: forgiving someone's fault or letting them off; also said when something is unbearable, as in 「勘弁してよ」.
- Related寛恕かんじょWrittenWritten and rare: forgiving out of broad-mindedness, not holding a fault against someone; often in letters of apology.
- Related海容かいようWrittenWritten: asking the other party to magnanimously overlook a fault; typically 「ご海容ください」.
- Related宥恕ゆうじょFormalFormal: dealing leniently with someone and not pressing the matter; mostly legal, as in 「宥恕の意思」.
- Related免訴めんそFormalFormal legal term: ending a trial without a conviction, e.g. when the statute of limitations has expired.
- Antonym処罰しょばつFormalFormal antonym: inflicting punishment on an offender; the opposite of 「赦免」.
- Antonym処刑しょけいFormalFormal antonym: carrying out a penalty such as execution; the opposite of 「赦免」.
- Antonym断罪だんざいWrittenWritten antonym: judging someone guilty or condemning them harshly; the opposite of 「赦免」.
Use 「赦免」 for exempting someone from a crime or punishment; written in tone, it fits historical, religious and modern legal contexts. The state system of remitting penalties is 「恩赦」. In everyday speech, ask to be let off with 「勘弁」; for not pressing a matter, 「容赦」 is usual.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 罪を許すこと。
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