抑留|よくりゅうyokuryuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinternment; detainment; detention

• Synonym拘束こうそくNeutralBroader word: restricting someone's freedom or binding them by rules. 「抑留」 usually means a state holding foreign people or ships, as in 「シベリア抑留」.
• Synonym監禁かんきんNeutralConfining someone somewhere so they cannot leave, often as a criminal act. 「抑留」 typically refers to detention by a state.
• Synonym留め置きとめおきNeutralTemporary detention or holding something back; also mail held at the post office. 「抑留」 usually means a state holding foreign people or ships.
• Synonym留置りゅうちNeutralSame word as the entry above; 「留置」 is merely an alternative spelling, also used for holding people or things.
• Synonym拘禁こうきんWrittenLegal term for holding suspects or inmates in custody. 「抑留」 usually means a state detaining foreign people or ships.
• Synonym収容しゅうようNeutralTo take people in and house them in a facility, as with refugees. 「抑留」 carries a nuance of forced custody.
• Synonym拘置こうちWrittenLegal term for holding suspects or defendants in custody. 「抑留」 usually means detaining foreign people.
• Synonym拘留こうりゅうWrittenHolding someone after capture; in law also a short detention sentence of at least one day but under thirty. 「抑留」 usually means detaining foreign people.
• Synonym幽閉ゆうへいWrittenWritten style: shutting someone away in a closed space, cut off from the world. 「抑留」 leans toward holding foreign people or ships or short-term restraint.
• Synonym取りこめるとりこめるNeutralTo surround people or things and shut them in, mostly in concrete situations. 「抑留」 is formal, for holding foreign people or ships or short-term restraint.
• Synonym封じ込めるふうじこめるNeutralTo shut something in, or stop something from spreading, as in 「感染を封じ込める」. 「抑留」 takes people or ships as its object, not situations.
• Synonym押し込めるおしこめるNeutralTo pack someone into a place and shut them in, stressing the action itself. 「抑留」 is a formal term for holding foreign people or short-term restraint.
• Synonym検束けんそくWrittenAn old legal term for temporary restraint by the police; rarely used today.
• Synonym勾留こうりゅうWrittenLegal term for detaining a suspect pending trial. 「抑留」 usually means a state holding foreign people.
• Synonym封じ込むふうじこむNeutralTo trap someone or something by shutting it in. 「抑留」 is formal custody.
• Synonym留め置くとめおくNeutralThe verb form: to detain someone or keep something in place, not letting go. 「抑留」 is a noun and leans toward state action.
• Synonym身柄拘束みがらこうそくWrittenThe police or similar authorities taking physical custody of a person. 「抑留」 usually means a state detaining foreign people.
• Related禁足きんそくWrittenWritten style: forbidding someone to go out, as in grounding or house confinement. 「抑留」 usually means holding foreign people or ships.
• Related足止めあしどめNeutralKeeping someone from leaving or leaving them stuck, as when stranded by a disaster. 「抑留」 is deliberate, forced detention.
• Related禁錮きんこWrittenLegal term for a prison sentence without forced labor. 「抑留」 is not a criminal penalty.
• Related束縛そくばくNeutralRestricting freedom, also used figuratively for mental shackles. 「抑留」 is actual physical detention.
• Related閉じ込めるとじこめるNeutralEveryday word for locking or shutting someone in. 「抑留」 is formal custody.
• Related縛り付けるしばりつけるNeutralTo tie someone or something down with rope, also used figuratively for restraint. 「抑留」 means holding people in custody.
• Antonym解放かいほうNeutralAntonym: to release someone or free them from restraint — the opposite of 「抑留」.
• Antonym釈放しゃくほうWrittenAntonym: releasing someone from custody; stands opposite the detention that 「抑留」 describes.

Use 「抑留」 when a state holds foreign people or ships, or for relatively short-term physical restraint, as in 「シベリア抑留」. For restricting freedom in general pick 「拘束」; for shutting someone up, 「監禁」 or 「閉じ込める」; for legal custody of suspects, 「勾留」 or 「拘禁」; for release, 「釈放」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 外国がいこくの人ひとや船ふねなどを、自国じこくに拘束こうそくすること。
2. 比較的ひかくてき短期たんきの身体からだの拘束こうそく。