"前科" meaning in Japanese

See 前科 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 前科 [canonical] (ruby: 前(ぜん), 科(か)), zenka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんか}} 前(ぜん)科(か) • (zenka)
  1. criminal record, previous conviction Synonyms (criminal record): 刑余 (keiyo) (ruby: 刑(けい), 余(よ))
    Sense id: en-前科-ja-noun-Z7-B2l0b Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'criminal record': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) past misdeed Tags: figuratively Synonyms (past misdeed): 旧悪 (kyūaku) (ruby: 旧(きゅう), 悪(あく))
    Sense id: en-前科-ja-noun-EsB2dbe1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'past misdeed': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0
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    {
      "form": "前科",
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          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
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          "科",
          "か"
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        {
          "english": "He had prior convictions of fraud.",
          "ref": "1923, 松本泰, 緑衣の女",
          "roman": "Kare wa sagi no zenka o motte ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
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              "詐偽",
              "さぎ"
            ],
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              "前科",
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              "持",
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            ]
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        }
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              "刑",
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              "余",
              "よ"
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          "english": "He has a past misdeed that caused drunkenness.",
          "roman": "Aitsu niha shuran no zenka ga aru.",
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              "しゅらん"
            ],
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              "前科",
              "ぜんか"
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "kyūaku",
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            ],
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              "悪",
              "あく"
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          "ref": "1923, 松本泰, 緑衣の女",
          "roman": "Kare wa sagi no zenka o motte ita.",
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              "彼",
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          "けい"
        ],
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          "よ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
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          "悪",
          "あく"
        ]
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      "word": "旧悪"
    }
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Download raw JSONL data for 前科 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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