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    3. 獄

    獄

    獄ゴク

    prison

    N1KMT9Freq #1529Politics & LawKanji14 strokes

    On'yomi

    ゴク

    prisonjail

    ⺨

    言
    口
    大
    犬
    丶

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    嶽誑猿獏獅潴猾獗

    Alternative forms of this concept

    犭

    Concepts using this kanji

    地獄

    hell realm

    獄中

    during imprisonment

    疑獄

    bribery scandal

    監獄

    prison

    投獄

    imprisonment

    八大地獄

    The Eight Greater Hells

    獄中日記

    prison diary

    地獄にも知る人

    you can make friends anywhere

    安政の大獄

    Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

    地獄を見る

    to live through hell

    獄中記

    prison diary

    出獄者

    released convict

    サラ金地獄

    loan shark hell

    地獄変相

    picture of Hell

    天国から地獄

    (going straight) from heaven to hell

    地獄変

    picture of Hell

    大獄

    roundup

    地獄組

    wood interlocking technique

    獄内

    inside a prison

    無間地獄

    the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

    地獄で仏に会ったよう

    with great relief

    地獄ホゾ

    foxtail wedged tenon joint

    地獄道

    naraka (hell) realm

    交通地獄

    traffic hell, traffic congestion

    疑獄事件

    bribery scandal

    地獄も住み処

    even hell can be home

    地獄に落ちる

    to go to hell

    入獄

    being imprisoned

    地獄に仏

    manna from heaven

    受験地獄

    examination hell

    代用監獄

    police custody

    打ち首獄門

    beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

    下獄

    being sent to prison

    獄門台

    platform on which the decapitated head of a criminal was displayed

    借金地獄

    debt trap

    獄死

    death in jail

    等活地獄

    Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells)

    地獄は壁一重

    the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge

    女殺油地獄

    The Woman-Killer (bunraku play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon)

    試験地獄

    (entrance) examination hell

    通勤地獄

    commuters' hell

    地獄絵

    picture of Hell

    仮出獄

    parole

    獄所

    prison

    辺獄

    limbo

    地獄絵図

    painting of a scene in Hell

    聞いて極楽見て地獄

    don't believe everything you hear

    板子一枚下は地獄

    there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition

    断獄

    trying of a crime

    獄司

    jail warden

    地獄耳

    being readily aware of rumors and gossip

    獄門

    prison gate

    大叫喚地獄

    Mahāraurava

    獄屋

    prison

    焦熱地獄

    burning hell

    炎熱地獄

    flames of hell

    進むも地獄退くも地獄

    between the devil and the deep blue sea

    破獄

    breaking out of prison

    地獄にも鬼ばかりではない

    you can make friends anywhere

    刑獄

    jail

    獄卒

    low-ranking prison guard

    禁獄

    imprisonment

    獄則

    prison regulations

    脱獄犯

    escaped prisoner

    脱獄

    escaping from prison

    地獄の沙汰も金次第

    money talks

    蝿地獄

    Venus flytrap

    蟻地獄

    antlion (larva)

    地獄の釜

    the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

    典獄

    prison warden

    阿鼻地獄

    Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

    獄舎

    prison (building)

    獄衣

    prison uniform

    獄窓

    prison window

    出獄

    release (from prison)

    獄

    jail

    獄吏

    jailer

    脱獄囚

    escaped prisoner

    生き地獄

    hell on earth

    地獄の釜の蓋も開く

    even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

    煉獄

    purgatory

    地獄の釜の蓋

    creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

    獄囚

    prisoner

    堕獄

    going to hell

    牢獄

    prison

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丶
    • 口
    • 大
    • 犬
    • 言

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    • 下獄
    • 仮出獄
    • 疑獄
    • 監獄
    • 蟻地獄
    • 刑獄
    • 獄衣
    • 獄死
    • 獄舎
    • 獄中
    • 獄吏
    • 受験地獄
    • 出獄
    • 焦熱地獄
    • 脱獄囚
    • 地獄
    • 典獄
    • 投獄
    • 入獄
    • 破獄
    • 脱獄
    • 煉獄
    • 牢獄
    • 無間地獄
    • 禁獄
    • 交通地獄
    • 試験地獄
    • 炎熱地獄
    • 蝿地獄
    • 獄中日記
    • 獄卒
    • 獄門
    • 獄屋
    • 獄窓
    • 生き地獄
    • 獄中記
    • 地獄変
    • 大獄
    • 地獄耳
    • 通勤地獄
    • 代用監獄
    • 阿鼻地獄
    • 疑獄事件
    • 地獄絵図
    • 八大地獄
    • 脱獄犯
    • 地獄道
    • 地獄の沙汰も金次第
    • 板子一枚下は地獄
    • 聞いて極楽見て地獄
    • 断獄
    • 堕獄
    • 獄
    • 打ち首獄門
    • 地獄変相
    • 地獄絵
    • 出獄者
    • 獄囚
    • 獄所
    • 等活地獄
    • 地獄ホゾ
    • 借金地獄
    • 辺獄
    • 大叫喚地獄
    • 地獄で仏に会ったよう
    • 地獄は壁一重
    • 地獄にも鬼ばかりではない
    • 地獄にも知る人
    • 地獄を見る
    • 地獄に落ちる
    • 獄則
    • 地獄の釜の蓋も開く
    • 地獄の釜の蓋
    • 地獄の釜
    • 地獄も住み処
    • 安政の大獄
    • サラ金地獄
    • 天国から地獄
    • 進むも地獄退くも地獄
    • 獄門台
    • 獄内
    • 地獄に仏
    • 地獄組
    • 獄司
    • 女殺油地獄

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    • 獅
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    Variants

    • 犭

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