罪

• 読み: つみ
• ローマ字: tsumi
• 漢字の分解: 罪 (zai/tsumi) — crime, sin, fault
• 発音: /t͡sɯ.mi/

意味

Crime; sin; fault; guilt. Refers to both legal offences and moral wrongdoing.

Functions as a noun and also as a na-adjective (罪な人, a sinful/cruel person). Covers a wide range from serious crimes (罪を犯す, to commit a crime) to lighter moral faults (罪悪感, sense of guilt). In Japanese culture, 罪 carries both legal and Buddhist connotations of wrongdoing and karmic consequence.

例文

1. 彼は重い罪を犯して逮捕された。
2. 何も知らない子供を巻き込むのは罪だ。
3. 罪悪感でなかなか眠れなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, moral discussion, religion

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 罪 combines 罒 (a net radical) and 非 (wrong/not), originally depicting a net used to catch wrongdoers — crime caught in the net of justice.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal