How to say "roundup" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 検挙けんきょnoun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common word for 'roundup' when it means making arrests: the police rounding up suspects or offenders. Use this for the arrest sense of the English noun.
- 大獄たいごくnounA less common word for 'roundup' as a wholesale arrest — rounding up large numbers of people at once. It is not the word for a small-scale arrest or roundup.
- 狩り込みかりこみnounA less common word for 'roundup' in the sense of rounding up or capturing; it suggests chasing down and rounding up its targets. Use it for that capturing sense of 'roundup'.
- 大捕り物おおとりものnounA less common word for a roundup of criminals, animals and the like, with nuances of a manhunt, crackdown or swoop. Use it when 'roundup' suggests a big, sweeping operation.
- nounThe brand name Roundup, the glyphosate-based herbicide marketed by Monsanto. It is not a Japanese equivalent for the other senses of 'roundup'; use it only for the herbicide.
For 'roundup' in the sense of making arrests, use the common word 検挙; 大獄, 「狩り込み」 and 「大捕り物」 are less common words for roundups, and 「ラウンドアップ」 is only the herbicide brand name.
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