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handcuffs
Metal restraints placed around a person's wrists, typically used by police during an arrest.
Forms
Common collocations
- 手錠をかける: to put handcuffs on someone
- 手錠をかけられる: to be handcuffed (passive)
- 手錠を外す: to remove handcuffs
- 手錠をされたまま: while still handcuffed
Usage
In Japanese criminal procedure, handcuffing is a significant legal act. Frequently encountered in crime dramas, news reports, and detective fiction. Images of suspects in 手錠 are sometimes blurred on Japanese TV to protect their rights.