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jmdict 2253720 Active (id: 2064828)

ろう
1. [n]
▶ prison
▶ jail
▶ gaol
2. [adj-t] [obs]
▶ firm
▶ solid
▶ strong
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2511440 牢として 1. firmly; strongly



History:
3. A 2020-04-15 21:12:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2020-04-15 13:57:59  dine <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr: https://kotobank.jp/word/牢・籠・篭-413283
nikk: https://kotobank.jp/word/ろう-152357
  Comments:
The adjectival sense is very, very rare; I found only one non-牢として example in aozora:
壮大なる岩礁の牢たる屹立は (立待岬にいたりて/今野大力)
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>籠</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>篭</keb>
@@ -15,0 +22,8 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-t;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2511440">牢として</xref>
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
+<gloss>firm</gloss>
+<gloss>solid</gloss>
+<gloss>strong</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A 2008-02-05 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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