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獄司
ごくし
1. [n] [arch]
▶ jail warden
▶ jailer



History:
3. A 2025-01-08 20:26:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think it's old.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&rare;</misc>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
2. A* 2025-01-08 18:32:38  Sombrero1 <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 獄吏  │ 1.908 │  N/A  │
│ 牢役人 │   503 │  N/A  │
│ 獄司  │   171 │100.0% │nikk, oukoku ; [rare]
╰─ーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
This might very well be archaic. Nikk first usage example from 1257 and no further examples, even in big nikkoku. Low ngram count and kokugos reference to 牢役人 (edo period jail warden).
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&rare;</misc>
1. A* 2025-01-08 18:05:46 
  Refs:
三省堂 スーパー大辞林; デジタル大辞泉; 広辞苑 第六版

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