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暴行

暴行

Chinese

 
sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
 
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(暴行)

Noun

暴行

  1. outrage (atrocity or offense)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

暴行 (hiragana ぼうこう, romaji bōkō, historical hiragana ぼうかう)

  1. Violence, outrage, an outrage.
  2. Assault, an assault.
  3. Rape, a rape.

Synonyms

Verb

暴行する (intransitive, hiragana ぼうこうする, romaji bōkō suru, historical hiragana ぼうかうする)

  1. To use violence (on), to commit an outrage (on).
  2. To assault, to make an assault (on).
    タクシー運転手 (うんてんしゅ)暴行 (ぼうこう)するという事件 (じけん)
    takushī untenshu o bōkō suru to iu jiken
    an assault on a taxi driver
  3. To rape.

Conjugation

Synonyms