十じゅう王おう

noun

ten kings of hell; ten judges of the afterlife

In Buddhist belief, the ten rulers who judge the dead and determine their next rebirth. A specialized religious term.

• 十じゅう王おうは、亡もう者じゃの生せい前ぜんの行おこないを裁さばくとされる。

  The ten kings are said to judge the deeds of the deceased in life.