Fukueki

服役 (Fukueki) is a Japanese noun meaning “penal servitude, serving time in prison, military service, forced labor”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpenal servitude; serving time in prison
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbmilitary service
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbforced labor; compulsory service

Examples

  • His son is serving his sentence.

  • Her husband has been in prison for three years.

  • The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 服役

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