悪あく趣しゅ

noun

evil realm; lower world

Buddhist term for the three lower realms (hell, hungry ghosts, animals) where beings are reborn due to bad karma. Often appears in the compound 三悪趣.

See also: 三悪趣

• 悪あく趣しゅに落おちることを恐おそれて、彼かれは善ぜん行こうを積つんだ。

  Fearing falling into an evil realm, he accumulated good deeds.

• 三さん悪あく趣しゅとは地じ獄ごく・餓が鬼き・畜ちく生しょうの三みっつの苦くるしみの世せ界かいを指さす。

  The three evil realms refer to the three worlds of suffering: hell, hungry ghosts, and animals.