拘留する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 拘留する | 拘留しない |
| Polite | 拘留します | 拘留しません |
| Past polite | 拘留しました | 拘留しませんでした |
| Past | 拘留した | 拘留しなかった |
| Te-form | 拘留して | 拘留しないで |
| Desire | 拘留したい | 拘留したくない |
| Potential | 拘留できる | 拘留できない |
| Passive | 拘留される | 拘留されない |
| Causative | 拘留させる | 拘留させない |
| Causative passive | 拘留させられる | 拘留させられない |
| Volitional | 拘留しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 拘留しましょう | |
| Imperative | 拘留しろ | 拘留するな |
| Conditional | 拘留すれば | 拘留しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 拘留したら | 拘留しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
custody; detention; confinement
Refers to holding someone in custody, especially in a legal or police context. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to detain'.
The suspect was taken into custody by the police.
Illegal entrants may be detained.
The police held the man in custody for forty-eight hours.
He was detained as a suspect.
He was given the chance to speak with a lawyer while in detention.
禁固 is a criminal sentence lasting months to years, while 拘留 is a much shorter custodial penalty of only 1 to 30 days for minor offenses, and the two are often confused since both are non-labour custodial punishments.