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Vocabulary (12)

• 問責決議

  もんせきけつぎ

  (decision to) censure (as issued by the upper house of parliament)

• 政治責任

  せいじせきにん

  (one's) administrative responsibilities

• 俵責め

  たわらぜめ

  Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

• 責任追跡

  せきにんついせき

  accountability

• 責任のがれ

  せきにんのがれ

  avoiding or dodging responsibility

• 海老責め

  えびぜめ

  bondage torture where the bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, with the rope tightened until their ankles touch their neck

• 攻め馬

  せめうま

  breaking in a horse

• 挙証責任

  きょしょうせきにん

  burden of proof

• 証明責任

  しょうめいせきにん

  burden of proof

• 立証責任

  りっしょうせきにん

  burden of proof

• 問責決議案

  もんせきけつぎあん

  censure motion

• 最高責任者

  さいこうせきにんしゃ

  chief executive