収容所(しゅうようじょ)

しゅうようじょ
noun
detention center; internment camp; concentration camp
1. detention center; internment camp; concentration camp
A facility where people are confined, either for detention, internment, or imprisonment. Can refer to various types of facilities from refugee camps to wartime concentration camps.
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.
難民(なんみん)収容所(しゅうようじょ)の環境(かんきょう)改善(かいぜん)が求(もと)められている。
Improvements to conditions in refugee camps are being called for.
強制収容所(きょうせいしゅうようじょ)の跡地(あとち)が博物館(はくぶつかん)として保存(ほぞん)されている。
The site of the former concentration camp has been preserved as a museum.

Composed of 収容(しゅうよう) ('accommodation, detention, housing') and 所(じょ/しょ) ('place'). The word itself is neutral — the nature of the facility depends on context. It can range from a refugee processing center to a wartime concentration camp.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 強制収容所(きょうせいしゅうようじょ): concentration camp, forced internment camp
  • 難民(なんみん)収容所(しゅうようじょ): refugee camp
  • 捕虜(ほりょ)収容所(しゅうようじょ): prisoner-of-war camp
  • 入管(にゅうかん)収容所(しゅうようじょ): immigration detention center
  • 収容所(しゅうようじょ)に送(おく)られる: to be sent to a camp

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 刑務所(けいむしょ): prison — for convicted criminals serving sentences
  • 拘置所(こうちしょ): detention house — for suspects awaiting trial
  • 難民(なんみん)キャンプ: refugee camp — the loanword-based alternative
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