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.
This hotel can accommodate over 1,000 guests.
This stadium will hold 50,000 people.
The hall was so large as to hold more than 1,000 people.