けい

penalty; sentence; punishment

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Noun (suffix)
penaltysentencepunishment

Example Sentences

被告は懲役10(ねん)の刑を宣告された。

The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.

(かれ)懲役十年(ねん)で、女房には三年(ねん)の刑が(くだる)った。

He was given ten years and his wife three.

さて、斬首刑の時間だ。この世に言い残す(こと)はないか。

Well, it's time for your decapitation. Don't you have any last words to say?

裁判官はその未決囚の行動に対する嫌悪の念をためらうことなくあからさまにして、できるだけ過酷な刑を(くだす)した。

The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.