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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), 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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