Meaning of 投獄 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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投獄
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Kana Readingとうごく
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Romajitōgoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- imprisonment
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Example Sentences
投獄, とうごく used in context
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Tyrannical governments frequently gaol their political opponents.
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He ran the risk of being caught and imprisoned.
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全員が戦後、連合軍によって投獄され、その後戦犯として死刑か長期の刑期を宣告された。
All were imprisoned by the Allies after the war and later sentenced to death or given long prison terms for war crimes.
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This was before John was put in prison.
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その法律には今後フットボールをしてはならず、そしてこの法律を破ったものはだれであれ投獄されると書かれていました。
It said that people could not play football in the future and that anyone who broke this law would be sent to prison.
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The man was imprisoned for murder.
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throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
On: トウ
Kun: な.げる, -な.げ
7 strokes
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