拘こう禁きん刑けい

noun

imprisonment; prison sentence

A legal term referring to a sentence of imprisonment. In Japanese law, it is a type of punishment that involves confinement in a penal institution.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは被ひ告こく人にんに拘こう禁きん刑けいを言いい渡わたした。

  The judge sentenced the defendant to imprisonment.

• 拘こう禁きん刑けいは、刑けい法ほうで定さだめられた刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつです。

  Imprisonment is one of the penalties stipulated in the Penal Code.