確信犯

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
かく
Grade: 5
しん
Grade: 4
はん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun[edit]

(かく)(しん)(はん) (kakushinhan

  1. someone imprisoned or prosecuted for what he himself do not consider evil or unjust (e.g. a prisoner of conscience, a prisoner of war, a performer of religious violence)
  2. (sometimes proscribed) someone doing something wrong intentionally, rather than by neglect or mistake