奈な落らく

noun

Naraka; Hell; Hades

Buddhist term for the infernal realms. Used in religious contexts; the loanword from Sanskrit naraka.

from Sanskrit naraka

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、悪あく行ぎょうを積つむと奈な落らくに落おちると説とかれる。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that accumulating evil deeds leads to falling into Naraka.

noun

very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances

Figurative use derived from the Buddhist hell: a situation of utter despair, rock bottom, or the worst possible outcome. Often used in expressions like 奈落の底.

• 失しつ業ぎょうして、彼かれは奈な落らくの底そこに突つき落おとされた気き分ぶんだった。

  After losing his job, he felt as if he had been thrown into the abyss.

• その事じ故こで彼かれの人じん生せいは奈な落らくへと転ころがり落おちた。

  The accident sent his life tumbling into the depths.

noun

trap room; below-stage basement

Only when written 奈落

Theatrical term for the space beneath the stage, used for trapdoor effects and storage. Restricted to the 奈落 spelling.

• 舞ぶ台たいの奈な落らくには大おお道どう具ぐが収おさめられている。

  Stage props are stored in the trap room beneath the stage.