確信犯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
確 信 犯
かく
Grade: 5 		しん
Grade: 4 		はん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

確信(かくしん) (kakushin) + 犯(はん) (-han)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かくしんはん [kàkúshíꜜǹhàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ɕĩɰ̃hã̠ɴ]

Noun

確(かく)信(しん)犯(はん) • (kakushinhan) 

  1. someone imprisoned or prosecuted for what he himself do not consider evil or unjust (e.g. a prisoner of conscience, a prisoner of war, a performer of religious violence)
  2. (sometimes proscribed) someone doing something wrong intentionally, rather than by neglect or mistake
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