役人

やくにん

government official

牢

ろう

prison, jail, gaol

小役人

こやくにん

petty official

町役人

まちやくにん

municipal official

役人風

やくにんかぜ やくにんふう

(putting on the) airs of an official

主人役

しゅじんやく

host, toastmaster

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