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囚人 (しゅうじん, shuujin) Japanese meaning: prisoner | Kotomora

囚しゅう人じん

also: めしゅうど · めしうど

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Meanings

1

prisoner; convict

General term for a person held in prison or jail.

囚しゅう人じんは独どく房ぼうに入いれられた。

The prisoner was placed in a solitary cell.

その囚しゅう人じんは刑けい期きを終おえて釈しゃく放ほうされた。

The convict was released after serving their sentence.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に囚しゅう人じんを収しゅう容ようするto hold/incarcerate prisoners at 〈place〉
この刑けい務む所しょには数すう百ひゃく人にんの囚しゅう人じんが収しゅう容ようされている。
This prison houses several hundred prisoners.
囚しゅう人じんが脱だつ獄ごくするfor a prisoner to escape from prison
一人ひとりの囚しゅう人じんが夜よ中なかに脱だつ獄ごくした。
One prisoner escaped in the middle of the night.
囚しゅう人じんを釈しゃく放ほうするto release a prisoner
模も範はん的てきな態たい度どが認みとめられ、その囚しゅう人じんは早そう期きに釈しゃく放ほうされた。

Expressions

囚しゅう人じんのジレンマprisoner's dilemma

Kanji

囚captured, criminal, arrest
人person

Related words

受じゅ刑けい者しゃ
受刑者 is the formal, legal term for someone serving a sentence, while 囚人 is the broader, everyday word for anyone imprisoned.
捕ほ虜りょN1
捕虜 refers specifically to a prisoner captured during armed conflict, while 囚人 is the general term for any prisoner or inmate serving a sentence.
囚しゅう
囚人 is the ordinary standalone noun for 'prisoner', while 囚 is a bound form that only appears inside compounds like 囚人 itself.
虜とりこ
囚人 refers to a convicted criminal serving a prison sentence, whereas 虜 refers to someone captured by an enemy or figuratively overwhelmed by passion.
死し刑けい囚しゅう
囚人 is a broad word for a prisoner or convict, whereas 死刑囚 specifically means a prisoner sentenced to death.

Don't confuse with

捕ほ虜りょN1
捕虜 refers specifically to a prisoner of war, whereas 囚人 refers to a criminal held in prison.
捕とらわれるN1
囚人 is a noun meaning 'prisoner,' while 捕らわれる is a verb meaning 'to be captured or held captive'; they share the kanji 囚 but differ in part of speech.

Word family

囚しゅう人じん服ふく
prison uniform
囚しゅう人じん労ろう働どう
prison labor; forced labor
良りょう心しんの囚しゅう人じん
prisoner of conscience

Written forms

囚人Usage100%
- しゅうじん
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- めしうど
- めしゅうど
めしゅうど
Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 囚 (captive, prisoner) and 人 (person). The historical readings めしゅうど and めしうど are obsolete and their derivation is uncertain.

The prisoner was released early in recognition of his exemplary behavior.

めしうど

Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese.