imprisonment

noun

the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
人を監獄（または監獄のような所）に閉じこめる行為
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
法的な処罰として人を監獄に入れること
the state of being imprisoned
監禁されること
- he was held in captivity until he died
  彼は死ぬまでとらわれの身だった
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
  捕虜の監禁
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
  地元の刑務所での不名誉な監禁
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
  彼は、敵に城の地下牢に監禁された

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