Word · 単語
服役
Reading ふくえき
penal servitude
- 1 penal servitude, serving time in prison
- 2 military service
- 3 forced labor, compulsory service
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例文 · examples
彼の息子は服役中である。
His son is serving his sentence.
sense 1 · penal servitude
彼女の夫は３年間服役している。
Her husband has been in prison for three years.
囚人は強盗罪により服役していた。
The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.
裁判官が有罪の判決を下した以上、いさぎよく服役しなければならない。
The judge pronounced him "guilty", and now he must face the music of a sentence in prison.