情状酌量

Reading

Kana: じょうじょうしゃくりょう

Romaji: jōjōshakuryō

Definition

noun

vs

1

taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

情

Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け

Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

状

Reading: ジョウ

Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

酌

Readings: シャク、 く.む

Meanings: bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump

量

Readings: リョウ、 はか.る

Meanings: quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise

Example Sentence

男(おとこ)は情状(じょうじょう)酌量(しゃくりょう)を求(もと)めたが、犯(おか)した罪(つみ)に対(たい)して２０年(ねん)の懲役刑(ちょうえきけい)が言(いわた)い渡()された。

➥The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.