Illustration: At a temporary military enclosure beside a field camp, several captured soldiers sit together in matching foreign uniforms, their helmets beside their knees. Their rifles have been collected outside their reach, while Japanese soldiers in period uniforms guard the enclosure entrance.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

捕ほ虜りょ

horyo

prisoner of war

Example sentences

その捕虜ほりょには威厳いげんがあった。
The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity.
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彼かれは捕虜ほりょになった。
He was held in captivity.
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彼かれらは捕虜ほりょになった。
They were taken prisoner.
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Kanji in 捕虜

捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・とる
虜captive; barbarianOnリョ・ロKunとりこ・とりく

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