執行猶予

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 執行猶予, read しっこうゆうよ, combines 執行, carrying out a sentence, with 猶予, deferral.
• Basic usage: It appears in contexts describing a suspended sentence or someone’s life during that period.
  • 裁判所は被告に執行猶予付きの判決を言い渡した。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading the phrase in parts
  • 執行猶予付き modifies a sentence to indicate that carrying it out is suspended.
  • 執行猶予の期間中 is a time expression used to describe actions during the suspension period.