幽ゆう閉へい

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幽閉する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to being shut away or held captive, often in a room, cell, or isolated place. Can be used for literal imprisonment or figurative seclusion.

〈人ひと〉を〈場ば所しょ〉に幽ゆう閉へいするto confine someone in a place
王おうは弟おとうとを塔とうに幽ゆう閉へいした。
The king confined his brother in the tower.
〈人ひと〉が幽ゆう閉へいされるfor someone to be confined/imprisoned
皇こう女じょは長なが年ねん、離り宮きゅうに幽ゆう閉へいされていた。
The princess had been confined in a detached palace for many years.
幽ゆう閉へい生せい活かつを送おくるto live a life of confinement
彼かれは十じゅう年ねんもの幽ゆう閉へい生せい活かつを送おくった。
He lived a life of confinement for as long as ten years.

監かん禁きんN1
監禁 is the more common, general legal term for confinement, while 幽閉 has a historical or literary flavor of being shut away in seclusion.
軟なん禁きん
軟禁 refers to a softer form of confinement like house arrest, whereas 幽閉 implies a stricter, often prison-like isolation.
拘こう留りゅう
拘留 is short-term legal detention by authorities, while 幽閉 is broader and can mean prolonged isolation or house arrest.
閉とじ込こめる
幽閉する is a literary word for secluding someone in isolation for a long time, whereas 閉じ込める is more concrete and can describe short-term or physical trapping.

釈しゃく放ほうN1
釈放 means to release someone from custody, the opposite of 幽閉's act of confining them.

Compound of 幽 (secluded, faint) and 閉 (close, shut). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of being shut away in seclusion.