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“Five punishments” in Japanese

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五刑 gokei gokei

Five punishments in Japanese is “五刑” (gokei). Full meaning: five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death).

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