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人質 (ひとじち): hostage — Japanese vocabulary

人質 is read ひとじち and means "hostage". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

人質

Reading
ひとじち · hitojichi
Translation
hostage
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひとじちが

Example

人質は無事全員解放された。

ひとじちはぶじぜんいんかいほうされた。

All the hostages were released unharmed.

Kanji in this word

  • 人 — person
  • 質 — quality, question

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