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    3. 独房

    独房

    独どく房ぼう

    single-person cell

    KMT10News #37+1Ref L2NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    どくぼう

    Noun

    1.
    single-person cell, isolation cell, solitary cell, solitary confinement cell
    abbreviation

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    彼かれは独どく房ぼうに入いれられた。

    He was put in a solitary cell.

    KMT9Home & HousingPolitics & Law
    囚しゅう人じんは独どく房ぼうで一いち日にちを過すごした。

    The prisoner spent the day in a solitary cell.

    KMT10Home & HousingPolitics & Law
    独どく房ぼうでの生せい活かつは精せい神しん的てきに非ひ常じょうに厳きびしいものがある。

    Life in solitary confinement is extremely tough mentally.

    KMT10Home & HousingEmotions & Psychology
    刑けい務む所しょには多おおくの独どく房ぼうが並ならんでいる。

    Many solitary cells are lined up in the prison.

    KMT10Home & HousingPolitics & Law
    独どく房ぼうは通つう常じょう、窓まどがなく、外がい界かいとの接せっ触しょくが遮しゃ断だんされる。

    Solitary cells usually have no windows, and contact with the outside world is cut off.

    KMT10Home & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    独
    ひと.り…(4)
    single・alone・spontaneously・Germany
    房
    ふさ…(4)
    tassel・tuft・fringe・bunch・lock (hair)…(3)
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