執行猶予
しっこうゆうよ stay of execution; suspended sentence
Why it means this
執行 (carrying out the sentence) + 猶予 (a deferral) — a suspended sentence: the penalty is set but not enforced unless you reoffend.
Breakdown
- 執 シツ tenacious, take hold, grasp
- 行 コウ going, journey, carry out
- 猶 なお furthermore, still, yet
- 予 ヨ beforehand, previous, myself
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