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監房 (かんぼう, kanbou) Japanese meaning: prison cell | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字
Kanji 監 oversee, official, govt office Related words 独どく 房ぼう 独房 specifically refers to a solitary confinement cell, while 監房 is a general term for any prison cell or ward.
牢ろう 屋や 牢屋 is a more colloquial and broader term for jail or prison as a whole, whereas 監房 refers specifically to the cell itself.
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The prisoner was quietly reading a book in the cell.
The new cell is a little larger than the previous one.
Written forms 監かん 房ぼう Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for a prison cell.
檻かん 房ぼう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 監房 is preferred.
Etymology Compound of 監 (かん, 'watch, oversee') and 房 (ぼう, 'chamber, room'), literally 'watch chamber'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a prison cell.
