Word · 単語
懲役
Reading ちょうえき
penal servitude
penal servitude · imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
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例文 · examples
懲役五年くらっちまった。
I got five years in prison.
懲役３年の判決を受けた。
He was sentenced to three years in jail.
銀行強盗すると懲役１０年食らうぞ。
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
被告は懲役１０年の刑を宣告された。
The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.
懲役２年の判決に地方検事は不満だった。
The district attorney wasn't content with a two-year sentence.