閻えん魔まの庁ちょう

noun

judgment seat of Yama

Refers to the court or tribunal of Yama, the Buddhist judge of the dead, where one's deeds are weighed. A literary or religious term, not used in everyday conversation.

See also: 閻魔

• 閻えん魔まの庁ちょうで生せい前ぜんの行おこないが裁さばかれると信しんじられていた。

  It was believed that one's deeds in life are judged at the judgment seat of Yama.