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What does 罰する (ばっする, bassuru) mean?

罰する (ばっする, bassuru) means to punish.

Quick facts
Readingばっする
Romajibassuru
Part of speechtransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
ばっする
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonbassuru

to punish

  1. 1vs-s · transitive to punish; to penalize; to penalise

Example sentences

  • The law punishes bad conduct.

  • It's not good to punish children harshly.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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