牢屋 | Japanese meaning

牢屋【ろうや】

Frequency rank: 6,612. – 6,620.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

jail; gaol; jailhouse

Forms

牢屋【ろうや】Frequency rank: 6,612. – 6,620.
ろうや

Generated definitions (experimental)

jail; gaol; jailhouse

This refers to a place where individuals are confined as a punishment for crimes or while awaiting trial. It emphasizes the physical structure that houses detained individuals.

。

He was put in jail.

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The criminal spent a long time in jail.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to be put in jailto get out of jailto be locked up in jailto clean the jailinside the jailto be transferred to jail

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

とらえた捕らえたざいにん罪人をしゅうよう収容するたてもの建物．.

そのあっかん悪漢はもちや餅屋にとらえられて捕えられてまち町のろうや牢屋にいれられた入れられた．.きごう（たなか田中こうたろう貢太郎きごう『もち餅をすう喫うきごう』きごう）

Wiktionary

Example sentences

3 results

1. 。

She's been sent to jail for murder.

Tatoeba

2. とむトムべき。

Tatoeba

3. 。

Tatoeba

牢屋【ろうや】

Frequency rank: 6,612. – 6,620.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

jail; gaol; jailhouse

Forms

牢屋【ろうや】Frequency rank: 6,612. – 6,620.
ろうや

Generated definitions (experimental)

jail; gaol; jailhouse

This refers to a place where individuals are confined as a punishment for crimes or while awaiting trial. It emphasizes the physical structure that houses detained individuals.