Guilty - Guilty

Japanese: 有罪 - ゆうざい

〘noun〙① To be guilty (morally, religiously, legally, etc.); to have a crime in one's possession. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (middle Muromachi period)] *Shiji Sho (1477) 15 "The term 'chengdan' refers to the role of opening the city gates to the dan, etc., for those who do not kill those guilty." [Shunju Zuo Zhuan - In Gong 11] ② A court ruling that recognizes the existence of criminal facts and criminal responsibility against a defendant in a criminal case. *Attached documents to the report of special envoy Ito (1885) - Notes on the negotiations in Tianjin "Those who are found guilty should be executed as a matter of course."

U-zai [guilty]

〘 noun 〙 guilty. Guilty. ⇔ not guilty. ※Nakanoin Hon Heike (before the 13th century) 7 "Without discussing reason or unreason, without saying what is right or wrong, he pursued the powerful." ※Soga Monogatari (around the Northern and Southern Courts) 4 "Such a foolish man, no words can describe him, whether he is annoying or not."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (道徳上・宗教上・法律上などの) 罪のあること。罪を身に有すること。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕※史記抄（1477）一五「城旦と云は有罪の者の殺まではない者には、城門を旦にあけたりなんどする役をさするぞ」〔春秋左伝‐隠公一一年〕② 刑事事件の被告人に対し、裁判所の判決で、犯罪事実および刑事責任の存在を認められたこと。※伊藤特派全権大使復命書附属書類（1885）天津談判筆記「有罪と決せられたる者あれは、素より刑に処すへし」