Search Terms: *獄*
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na-adjective, noun
1.
wicked, evil, profligate, immoral
noun
2.
wastrel, scoundrel, villain
3.
organized crime, yakuza, underworld
See also:ヤクザ
Other readings:
獄道【ごくどう】
noun
•
hell on earth, living hell
Other readings:
生地獄【いきじごく】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
•
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)(Buddhist term)
noun
1.
antlion (larva), doodlebug
2.
antlion pit
Other readings:
アリ地獄【アリじごく】
、あり地獄【ありじごく】
、アリジゴク
expression
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there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition, on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave(proverb)
noun
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beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
expression
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don't believe everything you hear, what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight(proverb)