名主

なぬし みょうしゅ

nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryo system)

牢

ろう

prison, jail, gaol

町名主

まちなぬし

senior town administrator (Edo period)

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

牢番

ろうばん

prison guard, jailer, gaoler