脱獄囚

Reading

Kana: だつごくしゅう

Romaji: datsugokushū

Definition

noun

1

escaped prisoner

Kanji

脱

Readings: ダツ、 ぬ.ぐ、 ぬ.げる

Meanings: undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off

獄

Reading: ゴク

Meanings: prison, jail

囚

Readings: シュウ、 とら.われる

Meanings: captured, criminal, arrest, catch

Example Sentence

彼(かれ)が脱獄囚(だつごくしゅう)だなんて、私(わたし)には思(おも)いもよらなかった。

➥It never occurred to me that he might be an escaped prisoner.