連行

• (Tokyo) れんこー [rèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

連(れん)行(こう) • (renkō) ^{←れんかう (renkau)?}

1. accompaniment (of a suspect by the police)
2. forcibly taking (of someone); abduction
   • 2024 March 12, 山添拓 [Taku Yamazoe], quotee, “第213回国会　参議院　外交防衛委員会　第3号　令和6年3月12日 [213th Diet House of Councilors Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee No. 3 March 12, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 26 September 2025:

     もちろん、ハマスの無差別攻撃や民間人の連行は許されません。

     Mochiron, Hamasu no musabetsu kōgeki ya minkanjin no renkō wa yurusare masen.

     Of course, Hamas' indiscriminate attacks and the abduction of civilians cannot be tolerated.

連(れん)行(こう)する • (renkō suru) ^{←れんかう (renkau)?}transitive suru (stem 連(れん)行(こう)し (renkō shi), past 連(れん)行(こう)した (renkō shita))

1. (of the police) to accompany (a suspect)
2. abduct, forcibly take (someone); drag (someone) off
   • 2024 May 8, 上川陽子 [Yōko Kamikawa], quotee, “第213回国会　衆議院　外務委員会　第9号　令和6年5月8日 [213th Diet House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee No. 9 May 8, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[2], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 26 September 2025:

     この館員は、身動きが取れず、かつ目隠しをされた状態で連行され、威圧的な取調べを受けたと承知しております。

     Kono kan'in wa, miugoki ga torezu, katsu mekakushi o sareta jōtai de renkō sare, iatsuteki na torishirabe o uketa to shōchi shite ori masu.

     We understand that the employee was taken away blindfolded and unable to move, and was subjected to intimidating interrogation.

• “連行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026