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送還 (そうかん, soukan) Japanese meaning: repatriation | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 送還する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 送そう 還かん する 送そう 還かん しない Polite 送そう 還かん します 送そう 還かん しません Past polite 送そう 還かん しました 送そう 還かん しませんでした Past 送そう 還かん した 送そう 還かん しなかった Te-form 送そう 還かん して 送そう 還かん しないで Desire 送そう 還かん したい 送そう 還かん したくない Potential 送そう 還かん できる 送そう 還かん できない Passive 送そう 還かん される 送そう 還かん されない Causative 送そう 還かん させる 送そう 還かん させない Causative passive 送そう 還かん させられる 送そう 還かん させられない Volitional 送そう 還かん しよう Polite volitional 送そう 還かん しましょう Imperative 送そう 還かん しろ 送そう 還かん するな Conditional 送そう 還かん すれば 送そう 還かん しなければ Tara conditional 送そう 還かん したら 送そう 還かん しなかったら
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ほう
滞たい
在ざい
者しゃ
の
送そう
還かん
を
進すす
め
て
いる
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The government is proceeding with the deportation of illegal residents.
After the war, many prisoners of war were repatriated to their home countries.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 送そう 還かん する to deport/repatriate someone to (a place)
The illegal resident was repatriated to their home country.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 送そう 還かん される for someone to be deported/repatriated
Foreign nationals who commit crimes are deported.
送そう 還かん を 命めい じる to order deportation/repatriation
The court ordered the deportation.
Related words 帰国 is the neutral, often voluntary act of returning to one's own country, while 送還 implies an official, sometimes forced, act of sending someone back.
追放 means expulsion or banishment from a place or group, whereas 送還 specifically refers to sending a person back to their home country.
送還 specifically means sending someone back to their home country (e.g. deportation), a narrower and more specific case than the general official transfer meant by 移送.
送還する is a formal term used mainly for repatriating or deporting people, while 送り返す is more general and can apply to both objects and people.
Don't confuse with 帰還 and 送還 sound and look similar, but 帰還 means a person or vehicle returning (e.g., soldiers, spacecraft), while 送還 means being sent back, often by authorities.
送検 means referring a criminal case to the prosecutor, while 送還 means deporting or repatriating a person to another country; the words look similar because both start with 送 but refer to unrelated legal procedures.
Etymology Compound of 送 (send) and 還 (return). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of sending someone back to where they came from.
