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無間地獄 (mukenjigoku) Japanese meaning: Avici hell | Kotomora
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ごく
に
落お
ちる
よう
な
苦くる
しみ
だ
。
It's suffering like falling into the Avici hell.
He likened the situation to the hell of uninterrupted suffering.
Kanji 無 nothingness, none, ain't 限 limit, restrict, to best of ability Related words 地じ 獄ごく General term for hell or any hell realm in Buddhism; 無間地獄 is a specific, extreme hell within that category.
八はち 大だい 地じ 獄ごく The eight great hells of Buddhist cosmology; 無間地獄 is the eighth and most severe.
Written forms 無間地獄
無む 限げん 地じ 獄ごく
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage that substitutes 限 for 間; the reading むげんじごく is common in this spelling.
むげんじごく
Kana spelling reflecting the common むげんじごく reading; often used in explanations or when the kanji are unclear.
Etymology From Buddhist terminology, translating Sanskrit Avīci, meaning 'without waves' or 'uninterrupted'. The kanji 無間 literally means 'no interval', reflecting the continuous nature of suffering in this hell.
