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    3. 拘置所

    拘置所

    拘こう置ち所しょ

    prison

    KMT6News #11+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab29 strokes

    こうちしょ

    Noun

    1.
    prison, detention house, detention center, jail

    Stroke 0 / 29

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは拘こう置ち所しょに送おくられた。

    He was sent to a detention center.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    容よう疑ぎ者しゃは拘こう置ち所しょで取とり調しらべを受うけている。

    The suspect is being interrogated at the detention center.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    弁べん護ご士しは拘こう置ち所しょ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 is in the detention center.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    拘こう置ち所しょでの生せい活かつは、精せい神しん的てきに大おおきな負ふ担たんとなる。

    Life in a detention center places a great mental burden.

    KMT7Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    人じん権けん団たん体たいは、拘こう置ち所しょの環かん境きょう改かい善ぜんを求もとめている。

    Human rights organizations are calling for improvements in the conditions of detention centers.

    KMT7Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    拘
    かか.わる…(1)
    arrest・seize・concerned・adhere to・despite
    置
    お.く・-お.き…(4)
    placement・put・set・deposit・leave behind…(3)
    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
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