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収容所 (shuuyoujo) Japanese meaning: camp | Kotomora
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系けい
人じん
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収しゅう
容よう
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送おく
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During the war, many Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps.
The refugees are being sheltered at a camp near the border.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 収しゅう 容よう 所じょ に 送おく る to send someone to a camp/detention facility
Many refugees were sent to camps.
収しゅう 容よう 所じょ から 脱だっ 出しゅつ する to escape from a camp
He succeeded in escaping from the camp.
収しゅう 容よう 所じょ に 入い れられる to be put into a camp/detention facility
When the war started, foreigners were put into camps.
収しゅう 容よう 所じょ で 暮く らす to live in a camp
The family lived in the camp for many years.
Related words 避難所 is a shelter for evacuees fleeing a disaster, stressing temporary safety, while 収容所 implies institutional housing under authority, often for longer or forced stays.
キャンプ is a general loanword for a camp (recreational, outdoor, or temporary), whereas 収容所 specifically means an institutional facility, often with a sense of confinement.
Don't confuse with 刑務所 houses people convicted of crimes as punishment, while 収容所 can hold people who committed no crime, such as refugees or prisoners of war.
拘置所 detains suspects awaiting trial or sentencing, whereas 収容所 is a broader term covering camps for internment, refuge, or wartime detention unrelated to criminal proceedings.
Etymology Compound of 収容 (しゅうよう, 'accommodation, housing') + 所 (じょ, 'place'). The word itself is a straightforward modern compound; the kanji components are used in their standard senses.
捕ほ 虜りょ 収しゅう 容よう 所じょ
prisoner-of-war camp; POW camp
extermination camp; death camp
immigration detention center
