絞首刑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 絞首刑, read こうしゅけい, means execution by hanging.
• Basic usage: In 小説の囚人は無実を訴えながら絞首刑を待っていた。, the prisoner in the novel awaits execution by hanging while insisting on being innocent.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The penalty and its method
  • 死刑 names the category of capital punishment, while 絞首刑 specifies hanging as one method of carrying it out.