JLPT N1 · Verb

犯す (okasu)

犯す (おかす, okasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おかす
Romaji
okasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to transgress; to contravene · godan verb, transitive
  3. to rape; to violate; to ravish; to deflower · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ビルはその罪を犯していなかった。
Bill did not commit the crime.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 犯す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary犯すおかす okasu
Polite (~masu)犯しますおかします okashimasu
Negative犯さないおかさない okasanai
Polite negative犯しませんおかしません okashimasen
Past犯したおかした okashita
Polite past犯しましたおかしました okashimashita
Negative past犯さなかったおかさなかった okasanakatta
Te-form犯しておかして okashite
Potential犯せるおかせる okaseru
Passive犯されるおかされる okasareru
Causative犯させるおかさせる okasaseru
Volitional犯そうおかそう okasou
Imperative犯せおかせ okase
Conditional (~ba)犯せばおかせば okaseba

Kanji in 犯す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 犯す.

犯罪はんざいcrime犯人はんにんoffender防犯ぼうはんprevention of crime

Source: JMdict entry 1481550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.