The five punishments (whipping, flogging, imprisonment, deportation, and capital punishment [Ritsuryo law]) stipulated in the ritsuryo system could be dispensed with by paying copper
律令制で定められた五罪（笞罪・杖罪・徒罪・流罪・死罪(律令法)）について、銅を納めることで刑罰を免じられた。