刑務所

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: S

Grade: 5
しょ
Grade: 3
kan’on goon

Etymology[edit]

Appears to be a coinage in Japan as a replacement for the Chinese-derived term 監獄 (kangoku, prison, jail).[1] Analyzable as a compound of (kei, penance, penalty) +‎ (mu, work; something that must be done) +‎ (sho, place).

Attested in the 現代用語辞典 (Gendai Yōgo Jiten, Modern Term Dictionary) of 1925.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(けい)()(しょ) (keimusho

  1. [from 1925] a prison, a jail, a penitentiary
    刑務所(けいむしょ)()れる
    keimusho ni ireru
    to put someone in prison, to imprison

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.