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しけい
死刑
きょうあくはんざい
凶悪犯罪
よくし
抑止
している
かどうか
ぎもん
疑問

It is doubtful that the death penalty deters heinous crimes.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2 1
noun
death penalty; capital punishment
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5
noun
atrocious crime; heinous crime
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1 0
noun, 'suru' verb, transitive verb
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit; deterrent; deterrence
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expression
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
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0
noun
question; problem; doubt; guess
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Kanji
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
さじ spoon   
ケイ    punishment   
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start, initiate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
トウ   かたな sword   
キョウ    villain   
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crossed swords
open box
アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
ハン   crime   おか to commit a crime   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
seal
ザイ   つみ sin   
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net
ヒ   mistake
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ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
hand
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ギ   うたが to doubt   
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シ   や arrow   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
katakana 'ma'
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モン   かど gate   
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