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    3. 拘禁

    拘禁

    拘こう禁きん

    detention

    KMT9News #24+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab21 strokes

    こうきん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    detention, custody, confinement, internment

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    彼かれは不ふ法ほうな拘こう禁きんを訴うったえた。

    He complained of unlawful detention.

    KMT8Politics & Law
    容よう疑ぎ者しゃは警けい察さつ署しょで拘こう禁きんされている。

    The suspect is being held in detention at the police station.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    政せい治じ犯はんの拘こう禁きんは、人じん権けん問もん題だいとして国こく際さい社しゃ会かいから批ひ判はんされた。

    The detention of political prisoners was criticized by the international community as a human rights issue.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    戦せん時じ中ちゅう、多おおくの市し民みんが強きょう制せい的てきに拘こう禁きんされた。

    During the war, many citizens were forcibly interned.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    国こく際さい法ほうでは、恣し意い的てきな拘こう禁きんは厳きびしく禁きん止しされている。

    Arbitrary detention is strictly prohibited under international law.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    拘
    かか.わる…(1)
    arrest・seize・concerned・adhere to・despite
    禁
    prohibition・ban・forbid
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