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    3. 刑務所

    刑務所

    刑けい務む所しょ

    prison

    KMT5News #8+1CoreNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab25 strokes

    けいむしょ

    Noun

    1.
    prison, jail, gaol, penitentiary

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    彼かれは刑けい務む所しょに入はいった。

    He went to prison.

    KMT4Politics & Law
    その男おとこは刑けい務む所しょで数すう年ねん間かん過すごした。

    That man spent several years in prison.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    刑けい務む所しょでの生せい活かつは想そう像ぞう以い上じょうに厳きびしいものだった。

    Life in prison was tougher than imagined.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    政せ治い犯じは刑んは務けい所むしょに収しゅう容ようされることが多 い。

    Political prisoners are often confined in prison.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    刑けい務む所しょの改かい革かくは、社しゃ会かいの安あん全ぜん保ほ障しょうにとって重じゅう要ようだ。

    Prison reform is important for social security.

    KMT7Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    刑
    punish・penalty・sentence・punishment
    務
    つと.める…(3)
    task・duties
    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
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