“Internment” in Japanese
Short answer
Internment in Japanese is “抑留” (yokuryuu). Full meaning: internment, detainment, detention.
Other ways to say “Internment” in Japanese
強制収容
kyouseishuuyou (enforced) confinement, internment, detention by legal force
拘禁
koukin detention, custody, confinement, internment
入所
nyuusho admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.), entrance; imprisonment, incarceration, internment, confinement
収容
shuuyou accommodation, taking in, receiving, housing, seating, admission (of patients, students, etc.); imprisonment, detention, internment; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary), adding
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