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強制収容 (きょうせいしゅうよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

強きょう制せい収しゅう容よう

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

forced confinement; internment; detention by legal force

Refers to holding someone against their will under legal or state authority, such as in prisons, camps, or psychiatric facilities.

戦せん時じ中ちゅう、多おおくの日にっ系けい人じんが強きょう制せい収しゅう容ようされた。
During the war, many Japanese Americans were forcibly interned.

その法ほう律りつは、感かん染せん症しょう患かん者じゃの強きょう制せい収しゅう容ようを認みとめている。

The law permits the compulsory confinement of patients with infectious diseases.

Kanji

強strong
制system, law, rule
収income, obtain, reap
容contain, form, looks

Similar words

拘こう束そく
拘束 is a broader term for restraint or detention, not necessarily implying legal force or long-term confinement.
監かん禁きん
監禁 means imprisonment or confinement, often used for illegal or private captivity, while 強制収容 emphasizes state or legal authority.

Etymology

Compound of 強制 (compulsion, force) and 収容 (accommodation, housing). The term is a modern legal and historical concept, likely calqued from Western notions of forced internment.