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五刑(ごけい)five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

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    1. Noun

      1.

      five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

      Historical term

    2. Noun

      2.

      five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

      Historical term,

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    五刑 【ごけい】

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