solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
ronin; masterless samurai
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber
dungeon; underground prison
jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group
precinct of a jail; vicinity of a prison
breaking out of prison; jailbreak
dungeon; underground prison
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
jail for women (Edo period)
whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)
locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; (lit.) mending the pen after the sheep are lost