囚
囚

captured, criminal, arrest, catch

5 strokesFrequency 2,107JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シュウ

Kun

とら.われる

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囚われる捕らわれる捕われる捉われるとらわれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5617
1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended

Examples
年をとるほど、ますます固定観念にとらわれるものです。
The older you grow, the more you tend to adhere to fixed ideas.
2

Word usually written using kana alone

to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by

囚人しゅうじんめしゅうどめしうどNounFreq #11757
1

prisoner; convict

Examples
１０人の囚人たちが脱獄した。
Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
獄人屋囚獄ごく (獄)ひとやNounFreq #19660
1

囚獄 is gikun

jail; gaol; prison

死刑囚しけいしゅうNounFreq #29670
1

criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

Examples
ここから逃げたって同じ、死刑囚はどこにも居るし誰もが犠牲者。
It's the same wherever you try and escape: everywhere is a death row, and everyone's a victim.
囚しゅうNounFreq #31441
1

imprisonment

2

Noun, used as a suffix

captive; prisoner

囚われ捕らわれとらわれNounFreq #32826
1

captivity; imprisonment

虜囚りょしゅうNounFreq #37538
1

captive; prisoner (of war)

捕われの身囚われの身とらわれのみNounExpressionFreq #42831
1

captive; prisoner

脱獄囚だつごくしゅうNounFreq #59609
1

escaped prisoner

Examples
彼が脱獄囚だなんて、私には思いもよらなかった。
It never occurred to me that he might be an escaped prisoner.
囚人服しゅうじんふくNounFreq #64704
1

prison uniform

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