抑留

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 抑留 (よくりゅう) is a noun that also forms a する verb for detention or internment that prevents a person from leaving freely.
• Basic usage: It describes a fictional sailor being detained at a port or records from someone who experienced long internment.
  • 物語の船員は異国の港で抑留された。 — The sailor in the story was detained in a foreign port.
  • 資料には長期の抑留を経験した人の手紙が残る。 — The records preserve letters from someone who endured long internment.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Act and passive form
  • 抑留する is the act of holding someone, while 抑留される is the passive form for the person being detained. Duration is stated separately, as in 長期の.