拘こう留りゅう

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拘留する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to holding someone in custody, especially in a legal or police context. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to detain'.

〈人ひと〉を拘こう留りゅうするto take someone into custody
警けい察さつはその男おとこを四よん十じゅう八はち時じ間かん拘こう留りゅうした。
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
彼かれは容よう疑ぎ者しゃとして拘こう留りゅうされた。
He was detained as a suspect.
拘こう留りゅう中ちゅうにwhile in detention
拘こう留りゅう中ちゅうに弁べん護ご士しと話はなす機き会かいが与あたえられた。
He was given the chance to speak with a lawyer while in detention.

拘こう置ち
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.
逮たい捕ほN3
逮捕 is the act of arresting a suspect, while 拘留 refers to the subsequent period of holding that person in custody.
拘こう禁きん
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.
抑よく留りゅう
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.

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収しゅう監かん
拘留 refers to short-term detention (often by police before trial), whereas 収監 implies longer-term imprisonment after sentencing.
幽ゆう閉へい
拘留 is short-term legal detention by authorities, while 幽閉 is broader and can mean prolonged isolation or house arrest.

釈しゃく放ほうN1
釈放 means to release someone from custody, the opposite of 拘留 which means to hold someone in custody.
保ほ釈しゃく
拘留 means being held in detention, the opposite state of 保釈, which means being released on bail.

勾こう留りゅう
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.
拘こう束そくN1
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.
留りゅう置ち
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.
禁きん固こ
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.

件けんN2
拘留 is typically counted with 件 when referring to individual cases or instances of detention, as in 一件の拘留.

From 拘 (restrain) + 留 (detain). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of holding someone in custody.