座敷牢

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

Etymology

Compound of 座敷 +‎ 牢

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ざしき​ろー [zàshíkíꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠ɕi̥kʲiɾo̞ː]

Noun

座(ざ)敷(しき)牢(ろう) • (zashikirō) 

  1. (historical) rooms for confining criminals

References
  1. 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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