斬首

ざんしゅ

decapitated head, decapitation

絞首刑

こうしゅけい

death by hanging

斬

ざん

beheading, decapitation

刑

けい

penalty, sentence, punishment

斬罪

ざんざい

(execution by) decapitation

斬殺

ざんさつ

putting to the sword

斬る

きる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)

斬新

ざんしん

novel, original, newness

斬撃

ざんげき

slash, slashing attack

斬奸

ざんかん

killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)

首

おびと おひと おうと かしら くび クビ しゅ

counter for songs and poems

刑具

けいぐ

instruments of punishment

刑律

けいりつ

criminal law

刑獄

けいごく

jail, gaol, punishment

刑余

けいよ

previous conviction

極刑

きょっけい

capital punishment, extreme penalty, ultimate punishment

主刑

しゅけい

principal penalty

墨刑

ぼくけい ぼっけい

tattooing (form of punishment in ancient China)

宮刑

きゅうけい

ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, confinement for women)