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    3. 監獄

    監獄

    監かん獄ごく

    prison

    KMT8News #17+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab29 strokes

    かんごく

    Noun

    1.
    prison

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    彼かれは監かん獄ごくに入いれられた。

    He was put in prison.

    KMT4Politics & Law
    昔むかしの監かん獄ごくは、現げん代だいのものとは大おおきく異ことなっていた。

    Prisons in the past were very different from modern ones.

    KMT7Politics & LawHistory
    その監かん獄ごくは、町まちの中ちゅう心しんから遠とおく離はなれた場ば所しょにある。

    That prison is located far away from the town center.

    KMT8Politics & LawDaily Life
    監かん獄ごくの改かい革かくは、人じん権けん問もん題だいとして議ぎ論ろんされている。

    Prison reform is being discussed as a human rights issue.

    KMT8Politics & Law
    彼かれは監かん獄ごくでの生せい活かつを通とおして、自じ分ぶんの罪つみと向むき合あった。

    He confronted his crimes through his life in prison.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    監
    oversee・official・govt office・rule・administer
    獄
    prison・jail
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