座敷牢

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
座 敷 牢
ざ
Grade: 6 		しき
Grade: S 		ろう
Hyōgai
on'yomi kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 座敷 +‎ 牢

Pronunciation

Noun

座(ざ)敷(しき)牢(ろう) • (zashikirō) 

  1. (historical) rooms for confining criminals

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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