ヒトジチ
Meanings
Noun
1. hostage
I would have cooperated even if they hadn't taken my parents hostage.
Pitch accent
ヒ
トジチ
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
hostage justice; practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession
Examples (11 in total)
The hostages will be released.
We will absolutely not harm the hostages.
The terrorists released the hostages.