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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
- —牢役人(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
- —牢破りjailbreak; breaking out of prison; person who escapes from jail; prison escapee
- —座敷牢room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)
- —地下牢dungeon
- —牢屋敷precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
- —堅牢堅固firm and solid; stout and durable
- —牢としてfirmly; strongly
- —亡羊補牢locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost
- —牢人ronin; masterless samurai
- —牢乎firm; solid; inflexible; immovable