犯す

• 読み: おかす
• ローマ字: okasu
• 漢字の分解: 犯 (han/oka) — crime, offence, commit
• 発音: /o.ka.sɯ/

意味

To commit (a crime); to perpetrate. Also means to make (a mistake) or to violate (a rule).

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb primarily used for committing crimes or making errors. Different from the homophone 冒す (to brave, to risk) and 侵す (to invade, to violate). 犯す specifically relates to criminal acts and wrongdoing. Common collocations include 罪を犯す (commit a crime), 過ちを犯す (make a mistake), and 法を犯す (break the law).

例文

1. 彼は若い頃に大きな過ちを犯した。
2. 同じミスを二度と犯さないようにしたい。
3. 法を犯してまでお金を稼ぐ必要はない。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, ethics, self-reflection

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

The kanji 犯 combines 犭 (animal) and 㔾 (an enclosure being breached), originally depicting an animal breaking through a barrier — a vivid metaphor for transgressing boundaries or rules.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal