ヒトジチ
Meanings
Noun
1. hostage
Pitch accent
トジチ
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
hostage justice; practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession
Examples (5 in total)
The hostages will be released.
The terrorists released the hostages.
Sooner or later, the hostages will be set free.