五罪

Reading

Kana: ござい

Romaji: gozai

Definitions

noun

1

five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

Note: archaism

See also: 律令制

2

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

See also: 五刑

Kanji

五

Readings: ゴ、 いつ、 いつ.つ

Meaning: five

罪

Readings: ザイ、 つみ

Meanings: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense