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懲役

ちょうえき

imprisonment (with labor), penal servitude

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Examples

  1. 懲役三年の判決が言い渡された。

    ちょうえきさんねんのはんけつがいいわたされた。

    A sentence of three years' imprisonment was handed down.

  2. 男は懲役五年の刑を受けた。

    おとこはちょうえきごねんのけいをうけた。

    The man received five years in prison.

  3. 検事は懲役十年を求刑したが、判決は八年だった。

    けんじはちょうえきじゅうねんをきゅうけいしたが、はんけつははちねんだった。

    The prosecutor sought ten years, but the sentence was eight.

Common patterns

懲役刑
a prison sentence with labour
懲役を科す
to impose imprisonment
懲役五年
five years' imprisonment

Memory tip

懲 'to discipline' plus 役 'labour': prison time that comes with required work, and it is always counted in years — 懲役五年. A fine is 罰金 and the death penalty is 死刑.

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