しゅうよう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. accommodation; reception; housing
2. seating
3. custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment
4. admission; hospitalization
5. entering (e.g. in dictionary)
Kanji used
obtain
contain
Pitch accent
しゅ
うよう
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Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
reception center (e.g. for refugees) (centre)
(prison) inmate; detainee; internee; in-patient (hospital); resident (institution)
(enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force
Examples (6 in total)
This room can hold three hundred people.
The house could accommodate two families.
The flood victims were housed in several schools.