俘ふ囚しゅう

noun

prisoner of war; captive

Formal or literary term for a prisoner of war or captive. Not used in everyday conversation; more likely in historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、俘ふ囚しゅうの扱あつかいについての記き述じゅつがある。

  In ancient documents, there are descriptions about the treatment of prisoners of war.

noun

Emishi allied with the Japanese (Nara/Heian)

Historical term referring specifically to Emishi people who allied with the Japanese court during the Nara and Heian periods. Rare and specialized.

See also: 蝦夷

• 俘ふ囚しゅうは、朝ちょう廷ていに服ふく属ぞくした蝦夷えみしの集しゅう団だんを指さす歴れき史し用よう語ごだ。

  俘囚 is a historical term referring to groups of Emishi who submitted to the imperial court.