五罪

ござい

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

逆罪

ぎゃくざい

crime of killing one's master or parent (Edo period)

五逆

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)

大逆罪

たいぎゃくざい だいぎゃくざい

(the crime of) high treason

反逆罪

はんぎゃくざい

(the crime of) treason

国家反逆罪

こっかはんぎゃくざい

(crime of) treason

罪

つみ

crime, sin, wrongdoing, indiscretion

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

逆

ぎゃく さか

inverse, reverse

三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes, in small groups

五分五分

ごぶごぶ

as likely as not, 50-50, even match, tie

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

前罪

ぜんざい

previous conviction

罪障

ざいしょう

sins (which prevent entry into bliss)

罪証

ざいしょう

evidence (of a crime)

余罪

よざい

other crimes, further offenses, further offences

贖罪

しょくざい ぞくざい とくざい

atonement

徒罪

ずざい とざい

imprisonment (for one to three years)