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    3. 牢獄

    牢獄

    牢ろう獄ごく

    prison

    KMT10News #46+1NounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ろうごく

    Noun

    1.
    prison, jail, gaol

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    彼かれは罪つみを犯おかし、牢ろう獄ごくに入いれられた。

    He committed a crime and was put in prison.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    その政せい治じ犯はんは長なが年ねん牢ろう獄ごくで過すごした。

    That political prisoner spent many years in prison.

    KMT10Politics & LawHistory
    自じ由ゆうを奪うばわれた牢ろう獄ごくでの生せい活かつは、彼かれにとって耐たえ難がたいものだった。

    Life in prison, deprived of freedom, was unbearable for him.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    不ふ正せいを働はたらいた官かん僚りょうは、最さい終しゅう的てきに牢ろう獄ごくへと送 られた。

    The corrupt official was eventually sent to prison.

    KMT10Politics & LawWork & Career
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの思し想そう家かがその信しん念ねんのために牢ろう獄ごくに投とうじられた。

    Throughout history, many thinkers were thrown into prison for their beliefs.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    牢
    かた.い・ひとや…(1)
    prison・jail・hardness
    獄
    prison・jail
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