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    3. 捕虜

    捕虜

    捕ほ虜りょ

    prisoner (of war)

    N1KMT6News #6+1CoreNounMilitaryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ほりょ

    Noun

    1.
    prisoner (of war), POW, captive

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    戦せん争そうで多おおくの兵へい士しが捕ほ虜りょになった。

    Many soldiers became prisoners of war in the war.

    KMT5Military
    捕ほ虜りょの交こう換かんが行おこなわれることになった。

    It was decided that a prisoner exchange would take place.

    KMT6Military
    彼かれは捕ほ虜りょとして数すう年ねん間かんを過すごし、多おおくの苦く難なんを経けい験けんした。

    He spent several years as a prisoner of war and experienced many hardships.

    KMT7MilitaryHistory
    その映えい画がは捕ほ虜りょ収しゅう容よう所じょでの生せい活かつを描えがいている。

    That movie depicts life in a prisoner of war camp.

    KMT7MilitaryMusic & Entertainment
    国こく際さい法ほうでは捕ほ虜りょの扱あつかいについて厳げん格かくな規くて定いがある。

    International law has strict regulations regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.

    KMT8MilitaryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    捕
    と.らえる・と.らわれる・と.る・とら.える・とら.われる・つか.まえる…(2)
    catch・capture
    虜
    とりこ・とりく…(2)
    captive・barbarian・low epithet for the enemy
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