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耳切り
Hiragana
みみきり
Noun
Japanese Meaning
耳を切ること、あるいは耳が切られた状態。しばしば刑罰や見せしめとして行われる残酷な行為を指す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人のみみをきりとって、つみやきそくをやぶったことへのばつにすること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
切下耳朵的刑罚 / 割耳惩罚 / 断耳刑
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
割耳刑 / 切下耳朵的懲罰 / 以斷耳作為刑罰
Korean Meaning
귀를 자르는 형벌 / 귀 절단 처벌
Vietnamese Meaning
hình phạt cắt tai / việc cắt tai để trừng phạt / tục cắt tai làm hình phạt
Sense(1)
the practice of cutting off an ear as punishment
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耳切り
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In the Edo period, criminals were sometimes subjected to the punishment of ear cutting.
In the Edo period, criminals were sometimes subjected to the punishment of ear cutting.
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江戸時代には、罪人に耳切りの刑が行われることがありました。
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