ひとじち
Meanings
Noun
1. hostage
Kanji used
person
quality
Pitch accent
とじち
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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.