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    3. 服役

    服役

    服ふく役えき

    penal servitude

    KMT7News #18+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawMilitaryKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ふくえき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    penal servitude, serving time in prison
    2.
    military service
    3.
    forced labor, compulsory service

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    彼かれは刑けい務む所しょで服ふく役えきしている。

    He is serving time in prison.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    裁さい判ばん官かんは彼かれに5年ねんの服ふく役えきを命めいじた。

    The judge sentenced him to five years of penal servitude.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    過か去この過あやまちを償つぐなうため、彼かれは服ふく役えき後ごも社しゃ会かい奉ほう仕し活かつ動どうを続つづけた。

    To atone for past mistakes, he continued community service even after serving his time.

    KMT8Politics & LawDaily Life
    政せい治じ犯はんとして服ふく役えきした経けい験けんが、彼かれのその後ごの活かつ動どうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    His experience of serving time as a political prisoner greatly influenced his subsequent activities.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistory
    多おおくの若わか者ものが徴ちょう兵へい制せいにより軍ぐん隊たいで服ふく役えきすることを義ぎ務む付づけられていた。

    Many young people were obliged to serve in the military due to conscription.

    KMT8MilitaryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    服
    clothing・admit・obey・discharge
    役
    duty・war・campaign・drafted labor・office…(2)
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