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身柄 (みがら, migara) Japanese meaning: one's person | Kotomora
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The police secured the suspect's person.
Procedures to hand over the person are underway.
Usage patterns 身み 柄がら を 確かく 保ほ する to take someone into custody / secure a person
The police took the fleeing man into custody.
身み 柄がら を 引ひ き 渡わた す to hand a person over (to authorities)
That country handed the suspect over to Japan.
身み 柄がら を 移い 送そう する to transfer a person (in custody) to another location
The defendant was transferred in custody to a different detention center.
Kanji 身 somebody, person, one's station in life Related words 身体 is the everyday/medical term for the physical body, while 身柄 is a formal term used specifically when discussing legal custody or handling of a person.
人 is the plain, general word for 'person', while 身柄 is a formal, legalistic term focused on someone's physical custody or transfer.
Don't confuse with 身元 refers to a person's identity or background (name, address, history), while 身柄 refers to physical custody or control over that person's body.
Word family physical restraint; taking into custody; detention
apprehension; capture; detainment; arrest
turning a suspect over to the prosecutor; committing a suspect to trial
Etymology Compound of 身 (body, oneself) and 柄 (pattern, status). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of one's physical person or status as an individual.
