| The Japanese word | |
捕虜 |
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| is pronounced | |
| horyo | ほりょ | |
| means | |
| prisoner (of war) | |
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私は捕虜です。
watashi wa horyo desu. I'm a prisoner. |
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彼らは捕虜になった。
karera wa horyo ni natta. They were taken prisoner. |
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その捕虜には威厳があった。
sono horyo ni wa igen ga atta. The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity. |
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将軍は捕虜全員の虐殺を命じた。
shōgun wa horyo zenin no gyakusatsu o meiji ta. The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners. |
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捕虜を虐殺したのは残忍な行為だ。
horyo o gyakusatsu shi ta no wa zannin na kōi da. The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

