Meaning
自首 (じしゅ, jishu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “surrender, give oneself up”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
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.
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.
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.