Illustration: In a Japanese home's small courtyard, a parent takes a slingshot from a chastened child and places it inside a high cupboard. Directly beside them, a freshly broken window has a small stone on its interior sill, matching the stones still in the child's open pouch.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

罰ばっする

bas suru

to punish, to penalize

Example sentences

  1. どうしてあなたは彼かれらを罰ばっしているのですか。

    What are you punishing them for?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ホワイト先生せんせいは少年しょうねんを試験しけんのカンニングで罰ばっした。

    Mr White punished the boy for cheating on the examination.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その少女しょうじょを厳きびしく罰ばっしないで。もう少すこし大目おおめに見みてやって。

    Do not punish the girl severely; go easy on her.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 罰

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

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