収容(しゅうよう)

しゅうよう
noun / suru verb
accommodation; internment
1. accommodation; housing
Taking in and housing people or things in a facility. Also refers to the capacity of a venue.
このホールは500人(にん)収容(しゅうよう)できる。
This hall can accommodate 500 people.
避難者(ひなんしゃ)を体育館(たいいくかん)に収容(しゅうよう)した。
The evacuees were housed in the gymnasium.
スタジアムの収容(しゅうよう)人数(にんずう)は5万人(まんにん)だ。
The stadium's capacity is 50,000 people.
2. internment; detention
Confining people in a facility, such as a detention center or internment camp.
容疑者(ようぎしゃ)は施設(しせつ)に収容(しゅうよう)された。
The suspect was detained in a facility.
戦時中(せんじちゅう)、多(おお)くの人(ひと)が収容所(しゅうようじょ)に送(おく)られた。
During the war, many people were sent to internment camps.
入国管理局(にゅうこくかんりきょく)の収容(しゅうよう)施設(しせつ)における処遇(しょぐう)が問題(もんだい)になっている。
The treatment at immigration detention facilities has become an issue.

The two senses have different connotations: sense 1 is neutral (capacity, shelter), while sense 2 carries a negative connotation of forced confinement.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 収容(しゅうよう)人数(にんずう): capacity (number of people)
  • 収容所(しゅうようじょ): detention camp, internment camp
  • 収容(しゅうよう)施設(しせつ): detention facility
  • 収容(しゅうよう)能力(のうりょく): capacity, ability to accommodate
general
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