Commuting on a crowded train is truly hell.
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
The accident scene was a hellscape of shrieking pandemonium.
He was confined in prison for ten years for a crime he didn't commit.
That prison still remains on the outskirts of town.
The long trial felt like purgatory to him.
He had been imprisoned in jail for ten years.
The prisoner attempted a prison break after making lengthy preparations.
He was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.
He was imprisoned for 10 years on a false charge.
The fire scene looked like something from hell.
Example Vocabulary
地獄
hell; inferno; misery
牢獄
prison; jail
監獄
prison; jail
煉獄
purgatory; a hellish state of suffering
獄
prison; jail; imprisonment
脱獄
prison break; escape from prison; jailbreaking a device
投獄
imprisonment
地獄絵図
a scene of utter chaos; a scene from hell
地獄に落ちる
地獄を見る
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