Illustration: Inside a plain Japanese prison cell, an adult inmate in simple matching institutional clothes kneels beside a low table. A folded futon and a neatly stacked change of clothing occupy the back wall.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

囚しゅう人じん

shuujin

prisoner, convict

Example sentences

その囚人しゅうじんは釈放しゃくほうされた。
The prisoner was released.
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囚人しゅうじんたちは脱獄だつごくを試こころみた。
The prisoners tried to escape.
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逃走とうそうした囚人しゅうじんはまだ捕つかまっていない。
The prisoner who escaped is still at large.
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Kanji in 囚人

囚captured; criminalOnシュウKunとらわれる
人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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