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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

Sukhavati; Amitabha's Pure Land

abbreviationBuddhism

Buddhist term; abbreviation of 極楽浄土. Refers to the Western Paradise of Amitabha Buddha.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は極ごく楽らくだused to say a place or moment feels like pure bliss
温おん泉せんに入はいっている時ときは極ごく楽らくだ。
Soaking in the hot spring feels like paradise.
極ごく楽らくへ行いくto pass away peacefully, going to the Pure Land
おばあさんは静しずかに極ごく楽らくへ行いった。
Grandma passed away peacefully, going to the Pure Land.
極ごく楽らく気き分ぶんになるto feel utterly blissful and relaxed
マッサージを受うけて極ごく楽らく気き分ぶんになった。
I felt blissfully relaxed after getting a massage.

Expressions

聞きいて極ごく楽らく見みて地じ獄ごくdon't believe everything you hear; hearsay paradise, reality hell
信しん心じん過すぎて極ごく楽らくを通とおり越こすfaith is best in moderation; excessive devotion can backfire

Kanji

極extreme, pole, extremely
楽music, comfort, ease

Related words

天てん国ごくN2sense 2
天国 is the general, religion-neutral word for heaven or paradise, while 極楽 comes specifically from Pure Land Buddhism and carries a nuance of ultimate bliss.
極ごく楽らく浄じょう土ど sense 1
極楽浄土 is the full, formal Buddhist term for Amitabha's Pure Land, while 極楽 is the common, everyday abbreviation of it.
浄じょう土ど
極楽 refers to the same Buddhist paradise (Sukhavati) but is also used loosely in everyday speech to mean sheer bliss or comfort, while 浄土 stays within religious/doctrinal usage.
楽らく園えん
極楽 specifically refers to the Buddhist paradise (Pure Land), while 楽園 is a more general term usable for any earthly or mythical utopia.

Opposites

地じ獄ごくN2
地獄 (hell) is the direct opposite of 極楽 (paradise) in Buddhist cosmology and in everyday metaphorical use.

Word family

極ごく楽らくとんぼ
happy-go-lucky person; carefree optimist
ゴクラクハゼ
barcheek goby
極ごく楽らく鳥ちょう
bird of paradise
極ごく楽らく往おう生じょう
peaceful death; rebirth in paradise

Written forms

極ごく楽らくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
ゴクラクUsage<1%

Etymology

From the Buddhist concept of Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha. The kanji 極 (extreme) and 楽 (comfort/pleasure) literally mean 'ultimate bliss'.

極ごく楽らく極ごく楽らく

absolute heaven; sheer bliss

極ごく楽らく鳥ちょう花か

bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae