終しゅう身しん刑けい

noun

life imprisonment; life sentence

Legal term for a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of the convict's natural life. In Japanese law, parole may be possible after a certain period, but the sentence itself is for life.

• 彼かれは殺さつ人じん罪ざいで終しゅう身しん刑けいを言いい渡わたされた。

  He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.

• 終しゅう身しん刑けいは、仮かり釈しゃく放ほうの可か能のう性せいがある場ば合あいもある。

  Life imprisonment may sometimes allow for the possibility of parole.