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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

罰ばつ

batsu

punishment, penalty

Example sentences

  1. そのような罰ばつを彼かれに与あたえる必要ひつようがあったのか。

    Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?

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  2. 彼かれは罪つみを犯おかしたので罰ばつを加くわえようとしたが、彼かれは逃走とうそうした。

    They sought to punish him for his crime but he escaped.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは体罰たいばつには断固反対だんこはんたいです。

    I’m firmly opposed to corporal punishment.

    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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