ぼうたいぎゃく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼうたいぎゃく – see the following entry.
謀大逆
[noun] (archaic, law) plotting to destroy the tomb of the emperor or the imperial palace; one of the eight unpardonable crimes under the Ritsuryō system.
(This term, ぼうたいぎゃく (bōtaigyaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)