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    3. 留置場

    留置場

    留りゅう置ち場じょう

    police cell

    KMT8News #21+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab35 strokes

    りゅうちじょう

    Noun

    1.
    police cell, place of detention, jail

    Stroke 0 / 35

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは警けい察さつ署しょの留りゅう置ち場じょうにいる。

    He is in the police station's detention cell.

    KMT6Politics & LawDaily Life
    容よう疑ぎ者しゃは、事じ件けん後ごすぐに留りゅう置ち場じょうへ送おくられた。

    The suspect was sent to the detention cell immediately after the incident.

    KMT8Politics & Lawlaw
    弁べん護ご士しは、留りゅう置ち場じょうにいる依い頼らい人にんと面めん会かいした。

    The lawyer met with his client who was in the detention cell.

    KMT8Politics & Lawlaw
    留りゅう置ち場じょ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だったと彼かれは語かたった。

    He said that life in the detention cell was extremely tough mentally.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    人じ権ん団け体んは、留りゅう置ち場じょうにおける被ひ拘こう禁きん者しゃの処しょ遇ぐう改かい善ぜんを求もとめている。

    Human rights organizations are calling for improved treatment of detainees in detention cells.

    KMT9Politics & LawlawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    留
    と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)
    detain・fasten・halt・stop
    置
    お.く・-お.き…(4)
    placement・put・set・deposit・leave behind…(3)
    場
    ば…(2)
    location・place
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