脱税

• 読み: だつぜい
• ローマ字: datsuzei
• 漢字の分解: 脱 (datsu) — escape, shed, evade; 税 (zei) — tax
• 発音: /datsɯzeː/

意味

Tax evasion; illegal avoidance of tax obligations.

A compound of 脱 (escape, shed) and 税 (tax). 脱税 refers specifically to illegal concealment of income or assets to avoid taxation, as distinct from 節税 (tax avoidance through legal means). It is a criminal offence under Japanese law, prosecuted by the National Tax Agency. High-profile 脱税 cases frequently appear in the news involving corporations and entertainers.

例文

1. その企業の経営者は数億円の脱税で逮捕された。
2. 海外口座を利用した脱税の摘発件数が増加している。
3. 脱税は社会全体への裏切り行為だという認識が広まっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, economics, news, corporate crime

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 脱 (datsu) — to escape, shed, get out of, and 税 (zei) — tax. The same 脱 character appears in 脱出 (escape) and 脱走 (desertion), conveying the sense of illicitly slipping free from an obligation.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General