座敷牢

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

Compound of 座敷 +‎ 牢

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ざしきろー [zàshíkíꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ɕi̥kʲiɾo̞ː]

Noun edit

座(ざ)敷(しき)牢(ろう) • (zashikirō)

(historical) rooms for confining criminals

References edit

^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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