死刑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 死刑 and read しけい, it is the legal penalty by which the state puts a convicted person to death.
• Basic usage: It appears as a sentence in a novel and as a system debated from multiple viewpoints in class.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Individual sentence versus institution
  • Context can identify one judgment or the broader system of capital punishment.