Word Meaning 刑務所

けいむしょ keimusho

刑務所 is read as けいむしょ (keimusho) and means prison.

Meaning

English

  1. prison
  2. jail
  3. gaol
  4. penitentiary

Reading

Kana

けいむしょ

Romaji

keimusho

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 捕まる,逮捕,犯罪,犯罪者,警察,警察官 Rank 2420 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

刑務所長

けいむしょちょう

warden

刑務所暴動

けいむしょぼうどう

prison riot

少年刑務所

しょうねんけいむしょ

juvenile prison

刑務作業

けいむさぎょう

penal labour

刑務官

けいむかん

prison officer

国連人道問題調整事務所

こくれんじんどうもんだいちょうせいじむしょ

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

選挙事務所

せんきょじむしょ

(election) campaign office

公務員研修所

こうむいんけんしゅうじょ

training institute for civil servants

税務研修所

ぜいむけんしゅうじょ

Zeimu Training Institute

沖縄総合通信事務所

おきなわそうごうつうしんじむしょ

Okinawa Office of Telecommunications

渉外労務管理事務所

しょうがいろうむかんりじむしょ

Labor Management Office

Example Sentences

10

かれはけいむしょでけいにふくしている。

He is serving his sentence in prison.

He was sent to prison.

I don't want to go to jail.

He was put in prison.

It looks like it would taste worse than prison food.

They escaped from prison.

Why is Tom in jail?

Tom worked at a local prison.

Tom doesn't want to go to jail.

It's like a prison here.