獄

Meaning

獄 centers on confinement and legal judgment: a prison or jail where people are held after being accused or convicted.

• 地獄じごく
  N2

  hell realm; Naraka

• 監獄かんごく

  prison

• 脱獄だつごく

  escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak

• 投獄とうごく

  imprisonment; incarceration

• 獄ごく

  jail; gaol; prison

• 牢獄ろうごく

  prison; jail; gaol

• 獄中ごくちゅう

  during imprisonment; while in jail

• 煉獄れんごく

  purgatory

• 疑獄ぎごく

  bribery scandal; graft case

• 獄門ごくもん

  prison gate

• 蟻地獄ありじごく

  antlion (larva); doodlebug

• 獄死ごくし

  death in jail; death in prison

• 獄卒ごくそつ

  low-ranking prison guard

• 地獄耳じごくみみ

  being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears

• 大獄たいごく

  roundup; wholesale arrest

• 地獄変じごくへん

  picture of Hell

• 入獄にゅうごく

  being imprisoned; being sent to prison

• 出獄しゅつごく

  release (from prison)

• 生き地獄いきじごく

  hell on earth; living hell

• サラ金地獄サラきんじごく

  loan shark hell; distress caused by high-interest loans and aggressive collection methods

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