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罰
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to receive divine punishment
Examples
彼らは敵の上に天罰が下ることを祈った。
They called down the wrath of God upon the heads of their enemies.
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Proverb
we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo
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the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance
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天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。
They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.
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punishing a crime to make an example for others
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なんで俺だけが文句言われるのかな。一罰百戒のつもりでスケープゴートにされたんじゃかなわないよ。
Why am I the only one they complain about? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.
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Law
proxy punishment (system of punishment under the laws of a country to which a perpetrator has fled)
