罪: Guilt; Sin; CrimeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ザイ)

• 犯罪はんざいcrime; offence
• 無罪むざいinnocence; being not guilty
• 有罪ゆうざいguilt; culpability
• 謝罪しゃざいapology
• 余罪よざいother crimes; further offenses
• 免罪めんざいacquittal; pardon
• 冤罪えんざいfalse charge; false accusation
• 功罪こうざいmerits and demerits; good points and bad points
• 同罪どうざいsame crime; being equally guilty
• 戦争犯罪人せんそうはんざいにんwar criminal
• 断罪だんざいjudgment (of a crime); conviction
• 犯罪者はんざいしゃcriminal; culprit
• 罪人ざいにんcriminal; lawbreaker
• 罪名ざいめいname of a crime; charge
• 罪悪ざいあくcrime; sin
• 罪状ざいじょう(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
• 軽犯罪けいはんざいminor offence; minor offense
• 重罪じゅうざいfelony; serious crime
• えん罪えんざいfalse charge; false accusation
• わいせつ罪わいせつざいcriminal indecency
• オウム真理教犯罪被害者救済法オウムしんりきょうはんざいひがいしゃきゅうさいほうAct on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)
• コンピューター犯罪コンピューターはんざいcomputer crime
• コンピュータ犯罪コンピュータはんざいcomputer crime
• サイバー犯罪サイバーはんざいcybercrime
• スパイ罪スパイざいcrime of espionage
• ネット犯罪ネットはんざいcyber-crime; net crime
• 七つの大罪ななつのたいざいthe Seven Deadly Sins
• 七つの罪源ななつのざいげんthe Seven Deadly Sins
• 不倫罪ふりんざい(crime of) adultery
• 不敬罪ふけいざいlese majesty; lèse-majesté
• 不退去罪ふたいきょざいunlawful trespass; occupying a property and refusing to leave
• 予備罪よびざいcrime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense
• 五罪ございfive punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
• 五逆罪ごぎゃくざいfive cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
• 人道犯罪じんどうはんざいcrime against humanity
• 企業犯罪きぎょうはんざいcorporate crime
• 伏罪ふくざいpenal servitude; submitting to a sentence
• 住居侵入罪じゅうきょしんにゅうざいbreaking and entering
• 併合罪へいごうざいconcurrent offenses; concurrent offences
• 侮辱罪ぶじょくざい(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
• 偽証罪ぎしょうざいcrime of perjury
• 偽造罪ぎぞうざいforgery
• 傷害罪しょうがいざい(crime of) inflicting bodily injury
• 傷害致死罪しょうがいちしざい(crime of) inflicting bodily injury resulting in death
• 免罪符めんざいふindulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church)
• 公務執行妨害罪こうむしっこうぼうがいざいobstructing the discharge of official duties; hindering a government official in the execution of his duties
• 公害罪こうがいざい(act or crime of) pollution
• 公然わいせつ罪こうぜんわいせつざい(crime of) public indecency
• 公然猥褻罪こうぜんわいせつざい(crime of) public indecency
• 共謀罪きょうぼうざい(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
• 内乱罪ないらんざいcriminal insurrection
• 凶器準備集合罪きょうきじゅんびしゅうごうざい(crime of) assembling with dangerous weapons
• 凶悪犯罪きょうあくはんざいatrocious crime; heinous crime

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 罪つみcrime; sin
• 無実の罪むじつのつみfalse charge
• 罪滅ぼしつみほろぼしatonement; expiation
• その罪を憎んでその人を憎まずそのつみをにくんでそのひとをにくまずcondemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner
• 三族の罪さんぞくのつみcrime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types
• 人道に対する罪じんどうにたいするつみcrime against humanity

Other readings

• 其の罪を憎んで其の人を憎まずそのつみをにくんでそのひとをにくまずcondemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner

Showing the 60 most common of 240 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 罪

• 犯
• 人
• 無
• 害
• 死
• 強
• 傷
• 者
• 法
• 致
• 有