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ろう牢rou
  1. Noun

    prison; jail; gaol

  2. Taru adjective

    firm; solid; strong

    Obsolete termsee 牢として

Also written 籠【ろう】rou、篭【ろう】rou

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牢屋ろうやrouya

Nounjail; gaol; jailhouse

牢獄ろうごくrougoku

Nounprison; jail; gaol

牢固ろうこrouko

Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particlefirm; solid; inflexible; immovable

牢死ろうしroushi

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdying in prison

牢番ろうばんrouban

Nounprison guard; jailer; gaoler

牢問ろうもんroumon

Nounwhipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

牢記ろうきrouki

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbkeeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart

牢名主ろうなぬしrounanushi

Nounhead of a prisoners' group (Edo period)

牢役人ろうやくにんrouyakunin

Noun(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer

牢破りろうやぶりrouyaburi

Noun, Suru verbjailbreak; breaking out of prison · person who escapes from jail; prison escapee

牢屋敷ろうやしきrouyashiki

Nounprecinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison

牢としてろうとしてroutoshite

Adverb (fukushi)firmly; strongly

浪人ろうにんrounin

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbronin; masterless samurai · high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination · person out of work; jobless person

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