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    3. 投獄

    投獄

    投とう獄ごく

    imprisonment

    KMT10News #36+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab21 strokes

    とうごく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    imprisonment, incarceration

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    彼かれは政せい治じ犯はんとして投とう獄ごくされた。

    He was imprisoned as a political prisoner.

    KMT8Politics & Lawlaw
    不ふ当とうな理り由ゆうで多おおくの人ひと々びとが投とう獄ごくされた時じ代だいがあった。

    There was a time when many people were imprisoned for unjust reasons.

    KMT10Politics & LawHistory
    表ひょう現げんの自じ由ゆうを主 張 したジャーナリストが投とう獄ごくされた。

    A journalist who asserted freedom of expression was imprisoned.

    KMT10Politics & LawlawEmotions & Psychology
    独どく裁さい政せい権けん下かでは、反はん体た制いせ派いの投はとう獄ごくが頻ひん繁ぱんに行おこなわれた。

    Under the dictatorial regime, the imprisonment of dissidents was frequent.

    KMT10Politics & LawHistory
    投とう獄ごくされた主しゅ人じん公こうが、獄ごく中ちゅうで希き望ぼうを見みい出だす物ものが語たりは多おおい。

    There are many stories where an imprisoned protagonist finds hope in prison.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    投
    な.げる・-な.げ…(1)
    throw・discard・abandon・launch into・join…(4)
    獄
    prison・jail
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