服刑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 服刑, read ふっけい, means serving a sentence and the period spent doing so after conviction.
• Basic usage: It can frame release after a sentence ends or training received while 服刑中.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Serving an imposed sentence
  • It concerns serving a sentence, including returning after it ends or receiving training while incarcerated. It is different from the moment of conviction or the trial itself.