犯人

はんにん

offender, criminal

What does 犯人 mean?

犯人 is a Japanese noun meaning offender, criminal in English. It is written as 犯人 in kanji, はんにん in hiragana, and hannin in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

その犯人はまだつかまっていない。

The criminal is still at large.