Keyword
prisoner
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1094
Readings
とら
(41%)
Composed of
closed box
person
Used in kanji (9 in total)
pile up
very old woman
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hornwort
Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
Examples (30 in total)
The prisoners are in chains.
The prisoner died under torture.
The prisoner was given his freedom.
The prisoner denied that he had killed a policeman.
They bound the prisoner's arms and legs.
The king ordered that the prisoner should be set free.
I'm a prisoner.
The police are hunting an escaped convict in this area.
The prisoner who escaped two days ago is still at large.
The prisoner dug a hole under the prison wall.
The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.
The prisoners tried to escape.
The prisoner escaped from prison.
The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.
The prisoner was set free yesterday.
The prisoner was released.
The prisoners were glad to be free again.
He ordered them to release the prisoners.
They released the prisoner.
The judge concluded that the prisoner was innocent.
There is no denying that the prisoner is guilty.
The judge concluded that the prisoner was guilty.
The prisoner is being quiet in the cell today.
According to today's morning paper, the condemned criminal committed suicide.
It never occurred to me that he might be an escaped prisoner.
The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.
The convict was pardoned after serving his sentence.
The governor set the prisoners free.
The prisoner asked for a piece of cake.
The prisoner was behind bars for two months.