Translation of "scapegoat" into Japanese

スケープゴート, 身代わり, 贖罪の山羊 are the top translations of "scapegoat" into Japanese.

scapegoat verb noun grammar

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. [..]

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  • スケープゴート

    noun

    someone punished for someone else's error(s) [..]

    Why am I the only one they complain of? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.

    なんで俺だけが文句言われるのかな。一罰百戒のつもりでスケープゴートにされたんじゃかなわないよ。

  • 身代わり

    noun

    someone punished for someone else's error(s) [..]

    This time the enemy failed to make Jehovah’s witnesses the “scapegoat.”

    今度は敵はエホバの証人を“身代わりのやぎ”にすることに失敗しました。

  • 贖罪の山羊

    noun

    someone punished for someone else's error(s) [..]

  • Less frequent translations

    • 生贄
    • 身代り
    • 犠牲
    • 生け贄
    • 影武者
    • sukêpu gôto
    • いけにえ
    • ぎせい
    • みがわり
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