- sacrificial goat; scapegoatChristianity
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- sacrificial goat
- scapegoat
This refers to the animal that is used in a ritualistic context for the purpose of atonement, often in religious practices.
The sacrificial goat played the role of bearing the village's sins.
This meaning refers to a person or group that is unfairly blamed for problems or misfortunes, often to divert attention from the actual source of those issues.
Generated collocations (experimental)
しょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊scapegoatしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊をささげる捧げるto offer a scapegoatしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊のようなそんざい存在someone who is a scapegoatつみ罪をあがなう贖うためのやぎ山羊goat for atonementしゃかい社会のしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊societal scapegoatしんりてき心理的なしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊psychological scapegoatしょくざい贖罪というがいねん概念the concept of atonementしゅうだん集団のしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊group scapegoatれきしてき歴史的なしょくざいのやぎ贖罪の山羊historical scapegoat