ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination...

prison, jail, gaol...

prison, jail, gaol

jail, gaol, jailhouse

firm, solid, inflexible...

firm, solid, inflexible...

dying in prison

prison guard, jailer, gaoler

whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)

keeping in mind, taking note of, remembering...

life imprisonment

solid, strong, sturdy...

imprisonment

breaking out of prison, jailbreak

dungeon, underground prison

(punishment by being placed in a) water-filled chamber

jailbreak, breaking out of prison, person who escapes from jail...

jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance, cave prison

firmly, strongly

jail for women (Edo period)

dungeon, underground prison

Pulao (Chinese dragon)

cave prison, cliffside jail

head of a prisoners' group (Edo period)

(Edo-period) jail warden, jailer

precinct of a jail, vicinity of a prison

room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)

dungeon

locking the barn door after the horse has bolted, doing something too late, mending the pen after the sheep are lost

firm and solid, stout and durable