牢ろう屋や

noun

jail; prison

General term for a jail or prison; can refer to the building or the institution. Slightly colloquial compared to 刑務所.

• 彼かれは牢ろう屋やに入いれられた。

  He was put in jail.

• 牢ろう屋やから脱だっ走そうした囚しゅう人じんがまだ捕つかまっていない。

  The prisoner who escaped from jail has not been caught yet.