Holding cell in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA small room at a police station where people who have been arrested are kept for a short time.

Definition in Japanese警察署にある、逮捕された人をしばらくの間とどめておく小さな部屋。

Example sentences

• この留置場(りゅうちじょう)に、あとどのくらいいなきゃいけないんですか？🔊

  How long am I going to be in this holding cell?

• けんか騒(さわ)ぎがあって、彼(かれ)は別(べつ)の留置場(りゅうちじょう)に移(うつ)されたんだ。🔊

  They moved him to another holding cell after a fight broke out.

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