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五刑
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 五刑.
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1
Historical term
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
2
Historical term
five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
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