軽罪

Japanese
Kanji in this term
軽 罪
けい
Grade: 3		 ざい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
輕罪 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 輕罪／轻罪 (khjieng dzwojX, literally “light + crime, offense”).

Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 軽 (kei, “light”, kan'on reading) +‎ 罪 (zai, “crime, offense”, goon reading).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けーざい [kèézáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːza̠i]

Noun

軽(けい)罪(ざい) • (keizai) 

  1. a minor offense; a misdemeanor

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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