Meaning of 戦犯(せんぱん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 戦犯

Kana Reading せんぱん

Romaji senpan

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

war criminal

Examples of 戦犯, せんぱん in a sentence

全員が戦後、連合軍によって投獄され、その後戦犯として死刑か長期の刑期を宣告された。

All were imprisoned by the Allies after the war and later sentenced to death or given long prison terms for war crimes.

Related Kanji

犯 JLPT 3

5 strokes

crime, sin, offense

On'Yomi: ハン, ボン

Kun'Yomi: おか.す

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戦 JLPT 3

13 strokes

war, battle, match

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: いくさ, たたか.う, おのの.く, そよ.ぐ, わなな.く

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