拷ごう訊じん

noun

torture

Rare synonym for 拷問 (ごうもん). Used in older or formal texts; in modern Japanese, 拷問 is the standard word.

See also: 拷問

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「拷ごう訊じん」の記き述じゅつが見みられるが、現げん代だいでは「拷ごう問もん」が一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

  The word 拷訊 appears in old documents, but nowadays 拷問 is the common term.