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    3. 拘留

    拘留

    拘こう留りゅう

    custody

    KMT10News #37+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab18 strokes

    こうりゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    custody, detention, confinement

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    彼かれは拘こう留りゅうされた。

    He was taken into custody.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    容よう疑ぎ者しゃはさらなる捜そう査さのため拘こう留りゅうされた。

    The suspect was placed in detention for further investigation.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    人じ権ん団け体んは裁さい判ばんなしの長ちょう期き拘こう留りゅうを批ひ判はんした。

    The human rights organization criticized the prolonged detention without trial.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    拘こう留りゅうの最さい長ちょう期き間かんは各かっ国こくの法ほう制せい度どによって異ことなる。

    The maximum period of detention varies by country's legal system.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    弁べん護ご士しは依い頼らい人にんの拘こう留りゅうからの即そく時じ釈しゃく放ほうを求もとめた。

    The lawyer requested the immediate release of his client from detention.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    拘
    かか.わる…(1)
    arrest・seize・concerned・adhere to・despite
    留
    と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)
    detain・fasten・halt・stop
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