noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
accommodation; housing; admission
General term for taking people or things into a facility: housing refugees, admitting patients, seating an audience, or storing goods.
避難所は多くの被災者を収容した。
The shelter accommodated many disaster victims.
この病院は一度に500人の患者を収容できる。
This hospital can admit 500 patients at a time.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
detention; internment; imprisonment
Specifically for holding people in custody: prisons, detention centers, or internment camps.
容疑者は警察署に収容された。
The suspect was detained at the police station.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Used for abstract inclusion, such as words in a dictionary or items in a list.
この辞書は約10万語を収容している。
This dictionary contains about 100,000 words.