賂
賂: bribe
bribe
13 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 3 words here
Readings
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Kunまいない・まいなう
Seen almost only in 賄賂 (bribe), read わいろ as a whole word; 賂 alone (まいない) is literary.
Key words
賄賂わいろbribe
賂まいないbribe (literary)
貨賂かろbribe (literary)
Example sentences
彼は工事を受注するために、役人に賄賂を渡した。
To win the construction contract, he handed a bribe to an official.
役人に賂を贈って、罪を見逃してもらおうとした男がいた。
There was a man who tried to get an official to overlook his crime by sending him a bribe.
貨賂を求める役人が多かった時代、民は不満を募らせていた。
In an age when many officials demanded bribes, the people's discontent grew.