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自首する

自首

Chinese

 
from; self; oneself; since
 
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad.
(自首)

Verb

自首

  1. to turn oneself in, to give up, to surrender

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しゅ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

自首 (hiragana じしゅ, romaji jishu)

  1. (of a criminal) surrender, the action of turning oneself in

Verb

自首する (hiragana じしゅする, romaji jishu suru)

  1. (of a criminal) to turn oneself in, to give up
    その泥棒 (どろぼう)夕方 (ゆうがた)のニュースで放送 (ほうそう)された防犯 (ぼうはん)カメラの映像 (えいぞう) ()自首 (じしゅ)した。
    Sono dorobō wa yūgata no nyūsu de hōsō sareta bōhan kamera no eizō o mite jishu shita.
    The thief turned himself in after he saw a video of himself stealing on the evening news.

Conjugation