懲役

• 読み: ちょうえき
• ローマ字: choueki
• 漢字の分解: 懲 (chou) — punish, discipline; 役 (eki) — service, duty, labour
• 発音: /tɕoː.e.ki/

意味

Penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labour. A prison sentence involving compulsory work.

A legal term for a type of imprisonment in Japan where the convicted person must perform labour. Distinguished from 禁錮 (kinko, imprisonment without forced labour). Commonly seen in news reports about criminal sentencing. Appears in phrases like 懲役三年 (three years imprisonment) and 懲役刑 (prison sentence).

例文

1. 被告は懲役五年の判決を受けた。
2. 詐欺罪で懲役三年、執行猶予付きとなった。
3. 懲役刑を終えた後、社会復帰を目指している。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, news, criminal justice, courts

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 懲 (chou, to punish/discipline) + 役 (eki, service/labour). Literally 'punitive service,' referring to forced labour as a form of criminal punishment.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal