はちぎゃく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はちぎゃく – see the following entry.

【八虐】 [noun] (historical) the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law, consisting of 謀(む)反(へん) (muhen), 謀(ぼう)大(たい)逆(ぎゃく) (bōtaigyaku), 謀(む)叛(ほん) (muhon), 悪(あく)逆(ぎゃく) (akugyaku), 不(ふ)道(どう) (fudō), 大(だい)不(ふ)敬(けい) (daifukei), 不(ふ)孝(こう) (fukō), and 不(ふ)義(ぎ) (fugi) Alternative spelling 八逆

(This term, はちぎゃく (hachigyaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)