冤罪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冤	罪
えん Hyōgaiji	ざい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/wenzai/ → /enzai/

From Middle Chinese compound 冤罪 (ʔjwan dzwoj^X, literally “injustice + crime”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yuānzuì.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) えんざい [èńzáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Alternative forms

寃罪
えん罪

Noun

冤罪 (hiragana えんざい, rōmaji enzai, historical hiragana ゑんざい)

miscarriage of justice, false charge

Synonyms

濡 (ぬ)れ衣 (ぎぬ) (nureginu)
誤 (ご)審 (しん) (goshin)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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