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拷器 (ごうき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

拷ごう器き

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Meanings

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noun

instruments of torture

archaic

Archaic term for torture devices or implements. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

古こ文もん書じょには、拷ごう器きを用もちいた残ざん酷こくな尋じん問もんの記き録ろくが残のこっている。
Ancient documents contain records of brutal interrogations using instruments of torture.

Kanji

拷torture, beat
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Similar words

拷ごう問もん
拷問 is the common modern word for 'torture' (the act), while 拷器 refers specifically to the physical instruments, and is archaic.

Etymology

Compound of 拷 (beat, torture) and 器 (instrument, tool). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.