To Commit A Crime
To Make A Mistake
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means crime and the verb vocab version can mean to commit a crime, to make a mistake, or to rape, depending on the context.
You go to commit a crime. How did it go, you think? Well, I thought it went okay (おか). Imagine yourself committing a crime and it going just okay. Not great, not bad... meh. Okay.
これから戦時中に犯した罪を告白します。
I'm going to confess to the sin I committed during the war.
法律を犯してまでするような事じゃないよね。
I don't think it's worth doing if we have to break the law.
ビエトがミスを犯すことなどない。ビエトに不可能は無い。
Viet is incapable of making mistakes. For Viet, nothing is impossible.