Illustration: Inside a small warehouse office, a frightened delivery worker sits beside a captor with their wrists bound in front. The captor grips the back of the worker's chair, keeping them close, while extending the other hand toward an open case of cash held by a negotiator at the doorway.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

人ひと質じち

hitojichi

hostage

Example sentences

  1. 人質ひとじちは解放かいほうされるだろう。

    The hostages will be released.

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  2. 人質ひとじちは無事全員解放ぶじぜんいんかいほうされた。

    All the hostages were released unharmed.

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  3. 犯人はんにんは人質ひとじちを解放かいほうしなかった。

    The criminal didn’t let the hostages go.

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Kanji in 人質

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 質substance; qualityOnシツ・シチ・チKunたち・ただす・もと

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