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囚
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prisoner; convict
Examples
１０人の囚人たちが脱獄した。
Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
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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.
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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
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criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
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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.
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escaped prisoner
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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.
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unconvicted prisoner; prisoner awaiting trial
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裁判官はその未決囚の行動に対する嫌悪の念をためらうことなくあからさまにして、できるだけ過酷な刑を下した。
The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.
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Formal or literary term
prisoner (of war); captive
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Historical term
Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods
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convict; prisoner
Examples
その服役囚は２ヶ月間刑務所にいた。
The prisoner was behind bars for two months.