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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

罰ばち

bachi

divine punishment, retribution

Ordinary punishment is read ばつ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そうやって、人ひとに嫌いやがらせばかりしてたら、罰ばちが当あたるよ。

    If you keep harassing people like that, you’ll be punished.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 平安時代以降へいあんじだいいこう、卵たまごは神仏しんぶつに供そなえるものであり、食たべると罰ばちが当あたるとされていた。

    In the Heian period and later, eggs were offered to deities and Buddha, and it was believed that one who ate an egg would be punished.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この神かみは粗末そまつに扱あつかうと罰ばちが当あたる、かまどに乗のると怒おこるなど、人ひとに祟たたりをおよぼすとの伝承でんしょうもある。

    There is a legend that those who treat this god improperly will receive divine punishment and that climbing on the kamado will make the god angry.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 罰

  • 罰penalty; punishmentOnバツ・バチ・ハツKunばっする

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