ごうもん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. foltern; Folter; Tortur; Marter; peinliche Befragung; hochnotpeinliche Befragung
Kanji used
torture
question
Pitch accent
うもん
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
Folterwerkzeug; Folterinstrument; Foltergerät; Marterwerkzeug; Marterinstrument; Martergerät
Folterbank; Marterbank
United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)
Examples (5 in total)
The prisoner died under torture.
He was subjected to torture by the police.
Tom was tortured by the police.
The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.
The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.