Illustration: Inside a Japanese prison corridor, a uniformed officer unlocks one of several identical barred cell doors as inmates in matching plain institutional clothing prepare for supervised exercise. A neatly folded futon and sparse personal shelf are visible inside the nearest cell.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

刑けい務む所しょ

keimusho

prison

Example sentences

  1. ここには刑務所けいむしょがあった。

    There used to be a prison here.

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  2. 彼かれは刑務所けいむしょへ送おくられた。

    He was sent to prison.

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  3. トムは地元じもとの刑務所けいむしょで働はたらいた。

    Tom worked at a local prison.

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Kanji in 刑務所

  • 刑punish; penaltyOnケイ
  • 務task; dutiesOnムKunつとめる
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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