Japanese symbol for “internment”
抑留
よくりゅう
Romaji: yokuryuu
internment; detainment; detention
In Japanese, internment is 抑留, read よくりゅう (yokuryuu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt internment; detainment; detention
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “internment”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拘禁 | こうきん koukin | detention; custody; confinement |
| 収容 | しゅうよう shuuyou | imprisonment; detention; internment |
| 入所 | にゅうしょ nyuusho | imprisonment; incarceration; internment |
| 強制収容 | きょうせいしゅうよう kyouseishuuyou | (enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抑制 | よくせい yokusei | control; restraint; suppression |
| 抑える | おさえる osaeru | to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control |
| 抑え | おさえ osae | weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down |
| 抑圧 | よくあつ yokuatsu | check; restraint; oppression |
| 抑止 | よくし yokushi | keeping in check; holding back; deterrence |
| 留学 | りゅうがく ryuugaku | studying abroad |
| 留学生 | りゅうがくせい ryuugakusei | overseas student; exchange student |
| 留守 | るす rusu | absence; being away from home |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.