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獄 kanji
prison, jail
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ゴク
Kun readings
NoneWords with 獄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1地獄Popularhell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
- —監獄Popularprison
- —疑獄Popularbribery scandal; graft case
- —獄中Popularduring imprisonment; while in jail
- —出獄Popularrelease (from prison)
- —獄jail; gaol; prison
- —下獄being sent to prison
- —刑獄jail; prison; punishment
- —獄衣prison uniform
- —獄死death in jail; death in prison
- —獄舎prison (building); jail
- —獄吏jailer; gaoler
- —典獄prison warden
- —投獄imprisonment; incarceration
- —入獄being imprisoned; being sent to prison
- —脱獄escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
- —破獄breaking out of prison
- —煉獄purgatory
- —牢獄prison; jail; gaol
- —禁獄imprisonment; incarceration