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懲役ちょうえき (choueki)

imprisonment; penal servitude

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

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Example sentences 12

被告ひこくに懲役ちょうえき5年ねんの判決はんけつが下くだされた

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

懲役ちょうえき五ご年ねんくらっちまった。

I got five years in prison.

懲役ちょうえき3年ねんの判決はんけつを受うけた。

He was sentenced to three years in jail.

彼は懲役3年の刑を受けた.

He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

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