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身柄を拘束する (みがらをこうそくする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

身み柄がらを拘こう束そくする

Meanings

1

expression, suru verb (irregular)

detain; take into custody

Formal legal or police term for physically restraining a person's freedom, typically used in contexts of arrest or detention.

警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの身み柄がらを拘こう束そくした。
The police detained the suspect.
裁さい判ばん所しょは彼かれの

身み

柄がら

を

拘こう

束そく

する

決けっ

定てい

を

下くだ

し

た

。

The court issued a decision to take him into custody.

Kanji

身somebody, person, one's station in life
柄design, pattern, build
拘arrest, seize, concerned
束bundle, sheaf, ream

Similar words

逮たい捕ほする
逮捕する is the common term for 'arrest' and implies a formal criminal charge, while 身柄を拘束する is a broader, more formal phrase focusing on physical custody, often used in legal documents or news reports.
拘こう束そくする
拘束する means 'to restrain' or 'confine' and can apply to both people and things, whereas 身柄を拘束する specifically refers to taking a person into custody.

Etymology

Compound of 身柄 (みがら, 'person' or 'body') + を + 拘束する (こうそくする, 'to restrain'). The phrase is a set legal expression meaning to physically detain someone.