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牢獄

Reading

Kana: ろうごく
Romaji: rougoku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

prison; jail; gaol

Kanji

Readings: ロウ、 かた.い、 ひとや
Meanings: prison, jail, hardness
Reading: ゴク
Meanings: prison, jail

Example Sentences

囚人(しゅうじん)牢獄(ろうごく)から()げた。
➥A convict has escaped from prison.
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(ふね)()っている(こと)は、(おぼ)れるという冒険(ぼうけん)(ともな)って、牢獄(ろうごく)(なか)にいるのと(おな)じである。
➥Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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反逆者(はんぎゃくしゃ)はついに(つか)まり牢獄(ろうごく)監禁(かんきん)された。
➥The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to prison.
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しかし(しろ)にたどりつくなり、近衛兵(このえへい)(ひき)いた(ひと)によって、わたしはこの牢獄(ろうごく)勾引(こういん)されてしまった。
➥However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.
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