【ごけい】

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)historical term
  2. five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)historical termsee also
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Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
    2. This meaning refers to a historical context in which the term describes various severe forms of punishment used in ancient China. They were considered extreme measures for various offenses.
    He was punished by having his nose cut off, one of the five punishments.
    In ancient China, it was not uncommon for the five punishments to be applied.
  2. five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
    3. This meaning pertains to the legal punishments outlined in the ritsuryō system, which were used in Japan. They represent a structured system of disciplinary actions for various offenses.
    He received a light caning punishment, but there are harsher penalties as part of the five punishments.
    The five punishments played an important role in deterring crime in Japan's ritsuryō system.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to receive the five punishmentsone of the five punishmentssystem of five punishmentsto be punished with the five punishmentsancient five punishmentshistory of the five punishmentsto impose the five punishmentsinterpretation of the five punishmentsto fall under the five punishmentsto reform the system of five punishments
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
  1. ．.
  2. しゅうだい周代黥黥（いれずみ）、劓剕劓（はなそぎ）剕刖宮刖（あしきり）宮きごう（きごう）きごう（きごう）．.
  3. ずいだい隋代きごう（きごう）きごう（うち打ちきごう）、きごう（、きごう）、きごう（きごう）、きごう（きごう）．.
  4. 、・・・りゅう流・．.
  5. 、、、、．.．.
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