独房

See also: 獨房

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独房 – see 獨房 (“single room; room for one person; solitary confinement cell”).
(This term is the simplified form of 獨房).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独 房
どく
Grade: 5 		ぼう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
獨房 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Abbreviation of 独居(どっきょ) (dokkyo, “living alone”) + 監房(かんぼう) (kanbō, “prison cell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

独(どく)房(ぼう) • (dokubō) ←どくばう (dokubau)?

  1. solitary cell; isolation cell (cell to hold one prisoner)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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