収監|しゅうかんshuukan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbimprisonment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 収監する（しゅうかんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 収監します（しゅうかんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 収監しない（しゅうかんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 収監しません（しゅうかんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 収監せず・収監せぬ（しゅうかんせず・しゅうかんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 収監した（しゅうかんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 収監しました（しゅうかんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 収監しなかった（しゅうかんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 収監しませんでした（しゅうかんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 収監して（しゅうかんして） |
| Potential | 収監できる（しゅうかんできる） |
| Passive | 収監される（しゅうかんされる） |
| Causative | 収監させる（しゅうかんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 収監させられる（しゅうかんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 収監すれば（しゅうかんすれば） |
| tara | 収監したら（しゅうかんしたら） |
| Volitional | 収監しよう（しゅうかんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 収監しましょう（しゅうかんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 収監しろ（しゅうかんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym禁錮きんこWrittenWritten/formal prose. The name of a penalty — imprisonment without forced labour; 「収監」 is the act of committing someone to prison.
- Synonym投獄とうごくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Also used in modern writing for putting someone behind bars; 「収監」 is the formal term in judicial procedure.
- Synonym拘置こうちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Detaining suspects or defendants, and also convicted inmates; 「収監」 focuses on the act of committing a person to prison.
- Synonym拘留こうりゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A short custodial penalty of one day to under thirty days; 「収監」 is the act of committing someone to prison.
- Synonym幽閉ゆうへいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Shutting someone in a closed space so they cannot leave, often implying it is unlawful; 「収監」 is lawful commitment to prison.
- Synonym監禁かんきんNeutralNeutral. Depriving someone of freedom and locking them up, as in kidnapping cases; 「収監」 is lawful commitment to a penal institution.
- Synonym拘禁こうきんWrittenWritten/formal prose, a legal term for detaining suspects or sentenced inmates; 「収監」 focuses on sending a person into prison.
- Synonym禁獄きんごくWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: locking someone in jail. Modern usage says 「収監」 or 「投獄」.
- Synonym幽囚ゆうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: imprisonment in a jail, or the person imprisoned. Modern usage says 「収監」 or 「投獄」.
- Related留置りゅうちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Holding a person or thing somewhere; also said of suspects held at a police cell. 「収監」 is commitment to a penal institution.
- Related留め置きとめおきCasualColloquial. Holding or retaining something somewhere, or mail kept at the post office for pickup; a different use from 「収監」.
- Related閉じ込めるとじこめるNeutralNeutral verb: to shut someone or something in so they cannot get out, as when trapped in an elevator; 「収監」 is judicial imprisonment.
- Related勾留こうりゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose, a legal term for pretrial detention of a suspect or defendant, stressing the state of being held; 「収監」 stresses the act of commitment.
- Related押し込めるおしこめるCasualColloquial verb: to shove someone or something in and keep them shut in; 「収監」 is a judicial procedure.
- Antonym釈放しゃくほうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Freeing a person in custody — the opposite of 「収監」, which commits someone to prison.
For lawfully committing someone to a prison or detention house, say 「収監」; 「投獄」 also works. Holding a suspect at a police station is 「留置」, pretrial detention is 「勾留」, unlawful confinement is 「監禁」, and releasing someone is 「釈放」.
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