Word details

投獄

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 投獄.

Dictionary

Entry

投獄うごくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #21367
1

imprisonment; incarceration

Examples
その男は殺人の疑いで投獄された。
The man was imprisoned for murder.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

7 strokesFrequency 236JLPT N2Grade 3

On

トウ

Kun

な.げる-な.げ

prison, jail

14 strokesFrequency 1,529JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ゴク

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