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捕虜ほりょ (horyo)

prisoner (of war)

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 1
  • #12443 most frequent

Meaning

捕虜 (ほりょ, horyo) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “prisoner (of war)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

兵士へいしが敵てきを捕虜ほりょにとった

The soldiers took the enemy prisoner.

私わたしは捕虜ほりょになった。

I was captured.

彼かれは捕虜ほりょになった。

He was held in captivity.

捕虜ほりょは釈放しゃくほうされた。

The prisoners were set free.

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