VocabJLPT N2
prisoner
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. prisoner
  2. 2. convict
Refers to a person who is imprisoned or being held in a jail or prison. It is used in legal, historical, and fictional contexts to describe someone serving a sentence or being detained.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Is that store clerk treating me like some kind of criminal?

Sentence 2

She imagined what it would feel like to be the mother of a prisoner and started crying.

Sentence 3

"Do prisoners actually feel remorse?" my little sister asked.

Sentence 4

"The loneliness of a prisoner is beyond what you can imagine," he murmured.

Sentence 5

Even if someone's a prisoner, they should still get medical care if they're sick, right?