Illustration: Behind a neighborhood community center, two teenagers have been deliberately breaking the wooden slats of a shared outdoor bench. One still holds a snapped slat while the other has a shoe pressed against another, visibly flexing it. A caretaker arrives carrying cleaning tools and stops in dismay.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

非ひ行こう

hikou

delinquency, misconduct

Example sentences

学校がっこうをさぼるのは非行ひこうの第一段階だいいちだんかいである。
Cutting school is the first stage of delinquency.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
青少年せいしょうねんの非行ひこうが急速きゅうそくに増加ぞうかしている。
Juvenile delinquency is on the increase at a rapid pace.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは非行ひこうを繰くり返かえした結果法廷けっかほうていに立たたされた。
His repeated delinquencies brought him to court.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 非行

非un-; mistakeOnヒKunあらず
行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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