Kanji

獄

獄

prison, jail

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ゴク

Common Readings

ゴク

Example sentences

地獄 じごく
満員電車 で の 通勤 は 、 まさに 地獄 だ 。

Commuting on a crowded train is truly hell.

阿鼻叫喚 あびきょうかん
事故 現場 は 、 阿鼻叫喚 の 地獄 絵図 だった 。

The accident scene was a hellscape of shrieking pandemonium.

牢獄 ろうごく
彼 は 無実 の 罪 で 十年 間 も 牢獄 に 閉じ込められていた 。

He was confined in prison for ten years for a crime he didn't commit.

獄 ごく
彼 は 十年 の 間 、 獄 に 繋がれていた 。

He had been imprisoned in jail for ten years.

投獄 とうごく
彼 は 無実 の 罪 で 投獄 された 。

He was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

冤罪 えんざい
彼 は 冤罪 で 10 年間 も 投獄 された

He was imprisoned for 10 years on a false charge.

Example Vocabulary

地獄

じごく

hell; inferno; misery

牢獄

ろうごく

prison; jail

監獄

かんごく

煉獄

れんごく

獄

ごく

prison; jail; imprisonment

脱獄

だつごく

投獄

とうごく

imprisonment

地獄絵図

じごくえず

地獄に落ちる

じごくにおちる

地獄を見る

じごくをみる

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