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.
You're going to be our hostage.
The hostages will be released before Christmas.
Sooner or later, the hostages will be set free.
I would have cooperated even if they hadn't taken my parents hostage.
It was decided that we would storm in from the back and free the hostages.
Normally, once someone has taken a hostage, they relax and let their guard down.
He tried to be brave while he was being held hostage.
I thought Tom and Mary were going to use me as a hostage.