地じ獄ごく組ぐみ

noun

wood interlocking technique

A traditional Japanese joinery method where wooden pieces are intricately interlocked without nails, often used in temple and shrine construction. The term literally means 'hell assembly', reflecting the extreme difficulty of the technique.

• この寺てらの柱はしらは地じ獄ごく組ぐみでしっかりと組くまれている。

  The pillars of this temple are firmly assembled using the jigoku-gumi interlocking technique.

• 地じ獄ごく組ぐみは釘くぎを使つかわない高こう度どな木もっ工こう技ぎ術じゅつだ。

  Jigoku-gumi is an advanced woodworking technique that uses no nails.