獄ごく卒そつ

noun

low-ranking prison guard

Historical term for a low-level jailer or prison guard, often in pre-modern contexts. Not used for modern prison officers.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、獄ごく卒そつが牢ろう屋やの鍵かぎを預あずかっている。

  In period dramas, a low-ranking prison guard keeps the keys to the jail.

noun

hell's tormenting devils

Buddhist term for the demonic beings who torture sinners in hell. Often depicted in religious art and stories.

• 地じ獄ごく絵え図ずには、獄ごく卒そつが罪ざい人にんを責せめる様よう子すが描えがかれている。

  In hell scroll paintings, hell's tormenting devils are depicted torturing sinners.