懲役ちょうえき (choueki)

imprisonment; penal servitude

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Meaning

懲役 (ちょうえき, choueki) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “imprisonment; penal servitude”.

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Example sentences 12

被告ひこく懲役ちょうえき 5 ねん判決はんけつくだされた

A verdict of five years' imprisonment was handed down to the defendant.

懲役ちょうえき ねんくらっちまった。

I got five years in prison.

懲役ちょうえきねん判決はんけつけた。

He was sentenced to three years in jail.

懲役2年の判決に地方検事は不満だった。

The district attorney wasn't content with a two-year sentence.