亡羊

ぼうよう

lost sheep

亡羊の嘆

ぼうようのたん

bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths), being at a loss

多岐亡羊

たきぼうよう

too many options making selection difficult, truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate

牢

ろう

prison, jail, gaol

女牢

じょろう

jail for women (Edo period)

永牢

えいろう

life imprisonment

牢獄

ろうごく

prison, jail, gaol

水牢

みずろう

(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber

牢記

ろうき

keeping in mind, taking note of, remembering, taking to heart

堅牢

けんろう

solid

牢屋

ろうや

jail, gaol, jailhouse

土牢

つちろう

dungeon

入牢

にゅうろう

imprisonment

地牢

dungeon; underground prison

牢問

ろうもん

whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

牢固

ろうこ

firm; solid; inflexible; immovable

牢乎

ろうこ

firm, solid

破牢

はろう

prison breaking, jailbreak, gaolbreak

牢死

ろうし

dying in prison