懲役(ちょうえき)

ちょうえき
noun
imprisonment, penal servitude
1. imprisonment, penal servitude
A criminal sentence requiring confinement in prison, typically involving mandatory labor.
懲役(ちょうえき)3年(ねん)の判決(はんけつ)が出(で)た。
A sentence of three years' imprisonment was handed down.
被告(ひこく)は懲役(ちょうえき)5年(ねん)、執行猶予(しっこうゆうよ)付(つ)きとなった。
The defendant was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, suspended.
詐欺(さぎ)で逮捕(たいほ)された男(おとこ)は、懲役(ちょうえき)10年(ねん)の実刑(じっけい)を言(い)い渡(わた)された。
The man arrested for fraud was sentenced to ten years of actual imprisonment.

USAGE:
In the Japanese legal system, 懲役(ちょうえき) involves imprisonment with mandatory labor, as distinguished from 禁錮(きんこ) (imprisonment without labor). It is the most common form of custodial sentence in Japan.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 懲役(ちょうえき)〜年(ねん) (~ years' imprisonment)
  • 懲役(ちょうえき)刑(けい) (prison sentence)
  • 実刑(じっけい) (actual prison time, as opposed to a suspended sentence)
  • 執行猶予(しっこうゆうよ)付(つ)き (with suspended execution)

NOTE ON SENTENCING:
懲役(ちょうえき)3年(ねん)、執行猶予(しっこうゆうよ)5年(ねん) means the prison term is suspended for 5 years — the person does not go to prison unless they commit another offense during that period.

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