刑務所

Japanese
Kanji in this term
刑 務 所
けい
Grade: S		 む
Grade: 5		 しょ
Grade: 3
kan’on goon

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japan as a replacement for the Chinese-derived term 監獄 (kangoku, “prison, jail”).[1] Analyzable as a compound of 刑 (kei, “penance, penalty”) +‎ 務 (mu, “work; something that must be done”) +‎ 所 (sho, “place”).

Attested in the 現代用語辞典 (Gendai Yōgo Jiten, “Modern Term Dictionary”) of 1925.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

刑(けい)務(む)所(しょ) • (keimusho) 

  1. [from 1925] a prison, a jail, a penitentiary
    刑務所(けいむしょ)に入(い)れる
    keimusho ni ireru
    to put someone in prison, to imprison

Derived terms
  • 刑務所長(けいむしょちょう) (keimusho-chō): a prison governor (UK), a prison warden (US)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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