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拘留 (こうりゅう, kouryuu) Japanese meaning: custody | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 拘留する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 拘こう 留りゅう する 拘こう 留りゅう しない Polite 拘こう 留りゅう します 拘こう 留りゅう しません Past polite 拘こう 留りゅう しました 拘こう 留りゅう しませんでした Past 拘こう 留りゅう した 拘こう 留りゅう しなかった Te-form 拘こう 留りゅう して 拘こう 留りゅう しないで Desire 拘こう 留りゅう したい 拘こう 留りゅう したくない Potential 拘こう 留りゅう できる 拘こう 留りゅう できない Passive 拘こう 留りゅう される 拘こう 留りゅう されない Causative 拘こう 留りゅう させる 拘こう 留りゅう させない Causative passive 拘こう 留りゅう させられる 拘こう 留りゅう させられない Volitional 拘こう 留りゅう しよう Polite volitional 拘こう 留りゅう しましょう Imperative 拘こう 留りゅう しろ 拘こう 留りゅう するな Conditional 拘こう 留りゅう すれば 拘こう 留りゅう しなければ Tara conditional 拘こう 留りゅう したら 拘こう 留りゅう しなかったら
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ぎ
者しゃ
は
警けい
察さつ
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拘こう
留りゅう
さ
れ
た
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The suspect was taken into custody by the police.
Illegal entrants may be detained.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 拘こう 留りゅう する to take someone into custody
The police held the man in custody for forty-eight hours.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 拘こう 留りゅう される for someone to be held in custody
He was detained as a suspect.
拘こう 留りゅう 中ちゅう に while in detention
He was given the chance to speak with a lawyer while in detention.
Kanji 拘 arrest, seize, concerned Related words· 6 拘置 is the more formal, technical legal term for detention (as in a 拘置所 detention center), while 拘留 is used more broadly for being held in custody, including as a criminal penalty.
逮捕 is the act of arresting a suspect, while 拘留 refers to the subsequent period of holding that person in custody.
拘禁 is a general term for detention or custody, while 拘留 refers specifically to a short-term criminal penalty of up to 30 days.
拘留 is a short-term legal detention (up to about 30 days) used as a criminal penalty or during investigation, while 抑留 covers broader or longer confinement such as internment in a camp or by military authorities.
Show 2 more 拘留 refers to short-term detention (often by police before trial), whereas 収監 implies longer-term imprisonment after sentencing.
拘留 is short-term legal detention by authorities, while 幽閉 is broader and can mean prolonged isolation or house arrest.
Opposites 釈放 means to release someone from custody, the opposite of 拘留 which means to hold someone in custody.
拘留 means being held in detention, the opposite state of 保釈, which means being released on bail.
Don't confuse with 拘留 and 勾留 are both read こうりゅう, but 拘留 is a short criminal penalty of confinement while 勾留 is procedural pre-trial or pre-sentencing detention during investigation.
拘留 is a specific short-term criminal penalty of detention, while 拘束 is the general act of restraining someone's freedom, which need not be a punishment.
拘留 is a short criminal penalty of 1–30 days imposed as a sentence, whereas 留置 is pre-trial detention during an investigation, not a punishment itself.
Etymology From 拘 (restrain) + 留 (detain). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of holding someone in custody.
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禁固 is a criminal sentence lasting months to years, while 拘留 is a much shorter custodial penalty of only 1 to 30 days for minor offenses, and the two are often confused since both are non-labour custodial punishments.
