収容所

しゅうようじょ
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A facility where people are housed temporarily or forcibly—e.g., internment camps, detention centers, refugee camps, or prisoner-of-war camps.

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戦時中、多くの人が強制収容所に送られた。

During the war, many people were sent to internment camps.

台風で家を失った人たちは一時的に収容所で生活している。

People who lost their homes in the typhoon are temporarily living in a shelter/camp.

不法滞在者は一時的に収容所に入れられることがある。

Illegal entrants may be placed in detention centers temporarily.

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