冤罪

冤罪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冤	罪
えん Hyōgaiji	ざい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/wenzai/ → /enzai/

From Middle Chinese compound 冤罪 (ʔjwan dzwoj^X, literally “injustice + crime”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yuānzuì.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えんざい [èńzáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Alternative forms

• 寃罪
• えん罪

Noun

冤罪 (hiragana えんざい, rōmaji enzai, historical hiragana ゑんざい)

1. miscarriage of justice, false charge

Synonyms

• 濡 (ぬ)れ衣 (ぎぬ) (nureginu)
• 誤 (ご)審 (しん) (goshin)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN