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牢 kanji
prison, jail, hardness
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 7
On readings
ロウ
Kun readings
かたいひとや
Words with 牢
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —牢prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
- —永牢life imprisonment
- —堅牢solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
- —入牢imprisonment
- —牢屋jail; gaol; jailhouse
- —破牢breaking out of prison; jailbreak
- —牢獄prison; jail; gaol
- —土牢dungeon; underground prison
- —水牢(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber
- —牢固firm; solid; inflexible; immovable
- —牢死dying in prison
- —牢番prison guard; jailer; gaoler
- —石牢jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
- —牢問whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)
- —女牢jail for women (Edo period)
- —牢記keeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart
- —地牢dungeon; underground prison
- —蒲牢Pulao (Chinese dragon)
- —岩牢cave prison; cliffside jail
- —牢名主head of a prisoners' group (Edo period)