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Zach

自首

Reading

Kana: じしゅ
Romaji: jishu
Kana
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Definition

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surrender; give oneself up

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: シュ、 くび
Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

Example Sentences

その犯人(はんにん)警察(けいさつ)自首(じしゅ)した。
➥The criminal gave himself up to the police.
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(わたし)(かれ)説得(せっとく)して警察(けいさつ)自首(じしゅ)させた。
➥I persuaded him to give himself up to the police.
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(かれ)警察(けいさつ)自首(じしゅ)したそうです。
➥I heard that he gave himself up to the police.
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ひき()げの犯人(はんにん)翌日(よくじつ)父親(ちちおや)(ともな)われて自首(じしゅ)してきました。
➥The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.
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