Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
にゅう
Grade: 1
ろう
Hyōgaiji
goon on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) にゅうろー [nyùúróó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːɾo̞ː]

Noun edit

(にゅう)(ろう) (nyūrōにふらう (nifurau)?

  1. imprisonment
    Synonym: 入獄 (nyūgoku)
    Antonyms: 出牢 (shutsurō), 出獄 (shutsugoku)

Verb edit

(にゅう)(ろう)する (nyūrō suruにふらう (nifurau)?intransitive suru (stem (にゅう)(ろう) (nyūrō shi), past (にゅう)(ろう)した (nyūrō shita))

  1. to go to prison, to be imprisoned
    Synonym: 入獄する (nyūgoku suru)
    Antonyms: 出牢する (shutsurō suru), 出獄する (shutsugoku suru)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
じゅ
Grade: 1
ろう
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(じゅ)(ろう) (jurōじゆらう (zyurau)?

  1. imprisonment

Verb edit

(じゅ)(ろう)する (jurō suruじゆらう (zyurau)?intransitive suru (stem (じゅ)(ろう) (jurō shi), past (じゅ)(ろう)した (jurō shita))

  1. to go to prison, to be imprisoned
    • 1931, 吉川英治, 牢獄の花嫁[1], 青空文庫:
      (おんな)(ふえ)()のお(ゆき)(ころ)したのも、()(しま)巫女(みこ)(ごろ)しも、みな、(いく)()郎殿(ろうどの)所業(しわざ)(にら)まれ、ご本人(ほんにん)もまた、それに(そう)()ないと()(はく)をなされて、昨日(きのう)江戸(えど)(おもて)()()てと(どう)()に、(みなみ)(まち)()(ぎょう)(しょ)仮牢(かりろう)入牢(じゅろう)なされました
      Onna fueshi no Oyuki o koroshita no mo, Enoshima no miko-goroshi mo, mina, Ikujirō-dono no shiwaza to niramare, go-honnin mo mata, sore ni sōi nai to jihaku o nasarete, kinō, Edo omote e sashitate to dōji ni, minami machibugyōsho no karirō e jurō nasaremashita
      Ikujirō’s been suspected of committing both the murder of the female flutist Oyuki and the murder of the Enoshima shrine maiden, and he himself confessed that that was accurate, and yesterday he was sent to Edo and imprisoned in the jail at the south magistrate’s office.
Conjugation edit