======= Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:25:06 +1000 (EST) (subtype) new (headw1) 鉄格子 (kana1) てつこうし (pos) noun (english2) bars (as in jail cell) (reference) 21,000 Google hits. Hakusui translation of Vonnegut's "Mother Night" translates "I am behind bars" as "私は鉄格子の中にいる。" (comment) Reading is an educated guess. I have never heard it said. (name) Kevin Wayne Williams