容疑者

• 読み: ようぎしゃ
• ローマ字: yougisha
• 漢字の分解: 容 (you) — appearance, form; 疑 (gi) — doubt, suspect; 者 (sha) — person
• 発音: /jo.ɯ.gi.ɕa/

意味

Suspect. A person suspected of committing a crime.

A noun used primarily in legal and news contexts to refer to someone suspected of a crime but not yet formally charged or convicted. Distinct from 被告 (defendant, someone formally charged) and 犯人 (criminal/perpetrator, confirmed). Japanese news strictly uses 容疑者 until charges are filed, reflecting the presumption of innocence. Often attached after the person's name as a suffix (山田容疑者).

例文

1. 容疑者は犯行を否認している。
2. 警察は昨夜、容疑者を逮捕した。
3. 容疑者の身元がようやく判明した。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, news, crime, police

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 容疑 (yougi, suspicion) + 者 (sha, person). 容 means 'appearance/form' and 疑 means 'doubt/suspect,' together meaning 'person under suspicion.'

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal