独房

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 独房 is read as どくぼう and means a solitary cell.
• Basic usage: It can be a windowless cell holding a story character or a former cell preserved in its original condition.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A prisoner being confined alone
  • 独房 is a cell in which a prisoner is placed apart from others. Example: 物語の囚人は窓のない独房に入れられた。
• A former cell being preserved
  • 独房 refers to the old solitary cell retained in its period appearance. Example: 資料館には昔の独房が当時の姿で残っている。