ヒトジチ
Meanings
Noun
1. 約束を守る証として相手方に拘留させる人。
2. 解放と引き換えに要求を叶えたり身の安全を保障させたりするために束縛された人。
Pitch accent
トジチ
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
hostage justice; practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession
Examples (5 in total)
The hostages will be released.
The terrorists released the hostages.
Sooner or later, the hostages will be set free.
He tried to be brave while he was being held hostage.
I thought Tom and Mary were going to use me as a hostage.