► 動詞
囚われる [(4)とらわれる] meaning: prison rank: 2
☆ 彼は古い観念に囚われている ⇨ He is a prisoner of old ideas
食らい込む [(4)くらいこむ] [coll] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は懲役二十年の刑を食らい込んだ ⇨ He got a 20-year prison sentence
収監 [しゅうかん] [収監する] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は昨日刑務所に収監された ⇨ He was received at the jail yesterday
投獄 [とうごく] [投獄する] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は無実の罪で投獄された ⇨ He was jailed for a crime he had not committed (☛ Literally means “throw into jail”)
► 成句
飯 [(2)めし] [臭い飯を食う] [coll] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ あいつは今臭い飯を食っている ⇨ He is eating stinky rice now. He is in jail now (☛ Prisoners used to eat cheaper wheat, which has distinctive smell, instead of rice)
► 名詞
刑務所 [(3)けいむしょ] meaning: prison rank: 2
☆ 彼は刑務所にいる ⇨ He is in a prison (☛ Literally means “criminal service center”)
監獄 [かんごく] [liter] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は監獄に入れられた ⇨ He was put in a jail, jailed (☛ Evokes brutal, unhygienic conditions of jails in the past. No longer used as a legal term)
獄中 [ごくちゅう] [liter] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は獄中で法律を学んだ ⇨ He studied law while in prison (☛ Evokes brutal, unhygienic conditions of jails in the past)
囚人 [しゅうじん] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 囚人が脱走した ⇨ A prisoner has escaped (☛ Officially retired as a legal term in 1995)
受刑者 [(3)じゅけいしゃ] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ この刑務所には二百人の受刑者がいる ⇨ There are 200 inmates in this prison
囚われ [とらわれ] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は十年間囚われの身にあった ⇨ He had been imprisoned for 10 years (☛ Usually imprisoned unjustly)
独房 [どくぼう] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は独房に入れられた ⇨ He was under solitary confinement
豚箱 [ぶたばこ] [coll] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は豚箱にいる ⇨ He is in the slammer (☛ Literally means “pigsty”)
牢 [(1)ろう] [liter] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は牢に入れられた ⇨ He was put into a jail
牢獄 [ろうごく] [liter] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は牢獄で死んだ ⇨ He died in the prison (☛ Usually refers to the prisons before 20th century)
牢屋 [ろうや] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は牢屋に入れられた ⇨ He was put into a dungeon, jail
► 接尾辞
囚 [しゅう] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 死刑囚 ⇨ A death-row prisoner