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    3. 監禁

    監禁

    監かん禁きん

    confinement

    KMT7News #13+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab28 strokes

    かんきん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    confinement, imprisonment, incarceration

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    彼かれは部へ屋やに監かん禁きんされた。

    He was confined to his room.

    KMT5Daily Life
    警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを監かん禁きんの罪つみで逮たい捕ほした。

    The police arrested the suspect on charges of unlawful confinement.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    人ひと質じちは数すう日じつ間かん、地ち下か室しつに監かん禁きんされていたと証しょう言げんした。

    The hostage testified that they had been confined in the basement for several days.

    KMT8Politics & LawDaily Life
    不ふ法ほうな監かん禁きんは、個こ人じんの自じ由ゆうを侵しん害がいする重じゅう大だいな犯はん罪ざいである。

    Unlawful confinement is a serious crime that infringes upon individual freedom.

    KMT8Politics & Law
    独どく裁さい政せい権けんは、反はん対たい派はの指し導どう者しゃを秘ひ密みつ裏りに監かん禁きんした。

    The dictatorial regime secretly imprisoned the opposition leader.

    KMT9Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    監
    oversee・official・govt office・rule・administer
    禁
    prohibition・ban・forbid
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