拷問

Reading

Kana: ごうもん

Romaji: goumon

Definition

noun

vs

adj-no

1

torture; the rack; third degree

Kanji

拷

Reading: ゴウ

Meanings: torture, beat

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

Example Sentences

囚人(しゅうじん)は拷問(ごうもん)で死(し)んだ。

➥The prisoner died under torture.

拷問(ごうもん)にかけられて彼(かれ)は犯(おか)していない罪(つみ)を認(みと)めた。

➥The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.

彼(かれ)は警察(けいさつ)で拷問(ごうもん)を受(う)けた。

➥He was subjected to torture by the police.

警察署内(けいさつしょない)での拷問(ごうもん)の残酷(ざんこく)さは筆舌(ひつぜつ)に尽(つ)くし難(がた)い。

➥The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.