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しけい
死刑
が
きょうあくはんざい
凶悪犯罪
を
よくし
抑止
している
かどうかは
ぎもん
疑問
だ。
It is doubtful that the death penalty deters heinous crimes.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
し け い 2 し け い 1
noun
death penalty; capital punishment
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き ょ う あ く は ん ざ い 5
noun
atrocious crime; heinous crime
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よ く し 1 よ く し 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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ぎ も ん 0
noun
question; problem; doubt; guess
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Kanji
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
匕
さじ spoon   
刑
ケイ    punishment   
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开
start, initiate   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
凶
キョウ    villain   
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㐅
crossed swords
凵
open box
悪
アク   オ   わるい bad   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
亜
ア    Asia; rank next   
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覀
west
犯
ハン   crime   おかす to commit a crime   
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犭
ケン   いぬ dog   
㔾
seal
罪
ザイ   つみ sin   
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罒
net
非
ヒ   mistake
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抑
ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
扌
hand
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
疑
ギ   うたがう to doubt   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
マ
katakana 'ma'
疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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