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拘束

こうそく

restraint, detention; binding, tying up (time)

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Examples

  1. 容疑者は身柄を拘束された。

    ようぎしゃはみがらをこうそくされた。

    The suspect was taken into custody.

  2. この仕事は拘束時間が長い。

    このしごとはこうそくじかんがながい。

    This job ties up a lot of your time.

  3. 合意には法的な拘束力がない。

    ごういにはほうてきなこうそくりょくがない。

    The agreement has no legal binding force.

Common patterns

身柄を拘束する
to take into custody
拘束時間
hours one is tied up at work
拘束力
binding force

Memory tip

拘束 covers three registers: police detention, the binding force of a rule (拘束力), and having your time locked up (拘束時間). 逮捕 is specifically a formal arrest, so a person can be 拘束 before being 逮捕.

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