地獄

See also: 地狱

Chinese
 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 prison
trad. (地獄) 地 獄
simp. (地狱) 地 狱

Pronunciation

Noun

地獄

  1. (religion) hell; underworld; inferno

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Japanese
Kanji in this term
地 獄
じ
Grade: 2		 ごく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 地獄 (diɪᴴ ŋɨok̚), literally “(under)ground prison”). Compare modern Min Nan reading tē-gio̍k, or Hakka thi-ngiu̍k.

Pronunciation

Noun

地獄 (hiragana じごく, rōmaji jigoku, historical hiragana ぢごく)

  1. hell, Hell: an unpleasant afterworld where the souls of the wicked are punished
    地獄 (じごく)に堕 (お)ちる
    jigoku ni ochiru
    to fall into hell; to go to hell
    • 1999 March 1, “ヘルゲート・ディーグ [Hellgate Deeg]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      おなかに地 (じ)獄 (ごく)へ通 (つう)じる扉 (とびら)があり、召 (しょう)還 (かん)もできる不 (ふ)気 (き)味 (み)なモンスター。
      Onaka ni jigoku e tsūjiru tobira ga ari, shōkan mo dekiru fukimi na monsutā.
      A weird monster that can summon allies through the gateway to hell on its belly.

Derived terms
  • 地 (じ)獄 (ごく)道 (どう) (jigokudō): (Buddhism): Hell; one of the six planes of existence in the cycle of samsara.
  • 地 (じ)獄 (ごく)も住 (すみ)処 (か) (jigoku mo sumika, “even hell can be home”)

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References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
地獄

Noun

地獄 • (jiok) (hangeul 지옥)

  1. Hanja form? of 지옥 (“hell”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
地獄

Noun

地獄

  1. Hán tự form of địa ngục (“hell”).
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