囚 人(しゅうじん)

しゅうじん

noun

prisoner; convict; inmate

1. prisoner; convict; inmate

A person who has been convicted of a crime and is being held in prison. Refers to someone serving a sentence in a correctional facility.

囚人(しゅうじん)が脱獄(だつごく)した。

A prisoner escaped.

囚人(しゅうじん)たちは毎日(まいにち)決(き)まった時間(じかん)に運動(うんどう)する。

The prisoners exercise at a set time every day.

その映画(えいが)は無実(むじつ)の囚人(しゅうじん)が自由(じゆう)を取(と)り戻(もど)すまでの物語(ものがたり)だ。

The movie is about an innocent prisoner's journey to regain his freedom.

The standard word for a person imprisoned for a crime. Commonly encountered in news, legal contexts, movies, and literature. The kanji 囚(しゅう) literally depicts a person (人(ひと)) enclosed in a box (囗(くにがまえ)), visually representing imprisonment.

Common collocations

囚人(しゅうじん)番号(ばんごう): prisoner number
囚人(しゅうじん)服(ふく): prison uniform
政治(せいじ)囚(しゅう): political prisoner
囚人(しゅうじん)の権利(けんり): prisoners' rights
脱獄(だつごく)囚(しゅう): escaped prisoner

Similar words

受刑者(じゅけいしゃ): convicted prisoner — legal/formal term for someone serving a sentence
捕虜(ほりょ): prisoner of war — specifically war captives
容疑者(ようぎしゃ): suspect — not yet convicted
被告人(ひこくにん): defendant — standing trial, not yet sentenced

Related Words

Compare: 捕虜(ほりょ) (prisoner of war)

Compare: 容疑者(ようぎしゃ) (suspect)

Compare: 被告人(ひこくにん) (defendant)

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