also: めしゅうど · めしうど
General term for a person held in prison or jail.
囚人は独房に入れられた。
The prisoner was placed in a solitary cell.
その囚人は刑期を終えて釈放された。
The convict was released after serving their sentence.
This prison houses several hundred prisoners.
One prisoner escaped in the middle of the night.
The prisoner was released early in recognition of his exemplary behavior.
Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese.
Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese.