Meaning
自首 (じしゅ, jishu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “surrender, give oneself up”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
犯人が 警察 署に 自首しました
The criminal gave him/herself up at the police station.
その犯人は警察に自首した。
The criminal gave himself up to the police.
彼は警察に自首したそうです。
I heard that he gave himself up to the police.
その 犯人は 警察に 自首した。
The criminal gave himself up to the police.
彼は 警察に 自首したそうです。
I heard that he gave himself up to the police.
私は彼を説得して警察に自首させた。
I persuaded him to give himself up to the police.
渡辺崋山は逮捕、高野長英は自首した。
Kazan WATANABE was arrested and Choei TAKANO surrendered himself to the police.
私は 彼を 説得して 警察に 自首させた。
I persuaded him to give himself up to the police.
ひき逃げ犯人は翌日父親に伴われて自首してきました。
The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.
ひき 逃げの 犯人は 翌日 父親に 伴われて 自首してきました。
The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.
他の者も多くは自首したり捕縛された後に殺害されたり、獄死している。
Many other people surrendered, were captured and murdered, or later died in prison.