Illustration: Inside a small workshop, an adult master grips an adult apprentice's outstretched wrist and strikes the open palm with a thin wooden switch. The apprentice recoils with tense shoulders and lowered eyes; show no wound.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

体たい罰ばつ

taibatsu

corporal punishment

Example sentences

  1. 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

  2. 個人的こじんてきには体罰たいばつは必要悪ひつようあくだと思おもっています。

    Personally, I think that corporal punishment is a necessary evil.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 世論せろんの趨勢すうせいは体罰たいばつ反対はんたいの方向ほうこうである。

    The trend of public opinion is against corporal punishment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 体罰

  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち
  • 罰penalty; punishmentOnバツ・バチ・ハツKunばっする

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