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Words with 獄

Kanji 獄, meaning prison, appears in 83 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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地獄

じごく

hell

出獄

しゅつごく

release (from prison)

獄中

ごくちゅう

during imprisonment

監獄

かんごく

prison

疑獄

ぎごく

bribery scandal

投獄

とうごく

imprisonment

獄道

ごくどう

organized crime

生地獄

いきじごく

hell on earth

牢獄

ろうごく

prison

あり地獄

ありじごく

antlion pit

サラ金地獄

サラきんじごく

loan shark hell

阿鼻地獄

あびじごく

Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

安政の大獄

あんせいのたいごく

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

炎熱地獄

えんねつじごく

flames of hell

下獄

げごく

being sent to prison

仮出獄

かりしゅつごく

parole

疑獄事件

ぎごくじけん

bribery scandal

極道者

ごくどうもの

scoundrel

禁獄

きんごく

imprisonment

刑獄

けいごく

jail

交通地獄

こうつうじごく

traffic hell, traffic congestion

ごく

jail

獄衣

ごくい

prison uniform

獄屋

ごくや

prison

獄死

ごくし

death in jail

獄舎

ごくしゃ

prison (building)

獄囚

ごくしゅう

prisoner

獄所

ごくしょ

prison

獄窓

ごくそう

prison window

獄則

ごくそく

prison regulations

獄卒

ごくそつ

hell's tormenting devils

獄中記

ごくちゅうき

prison diary

獄中日記

ごくちゅうにっき

prison diary

獄門

ごくもん

decapitation (of a criminal) and exposure of the head to public view (Edo-period punishment)

獄門台

ごくもんだい

platform on which the decapitated head of a criminal was displayed

獄吏

ごくり

jailer

試験地獄

しけんじごく

(entrance) examination hell

借金地獄

しゃっきんじごく

debt trap

受験地獄

じゅけんじごく

examination hell

出獄者

しゅつごくしゃ

released convict

女殺油地獄

おんなころしあぶらのじごく

The Woman-Killer (bunraku play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon)

焦熱地獄

しょうねつじごく

burning hell

進むも地獄退くも地獄

すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく

between the devil and the deep blue sea

堕獄

だごく

going to hell

打ち首獄門

うちくびごくもん

beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

代用監獄

だいようかんごく

police custody

大叫喚地獄

だいきょうかんじごく

Mahāraurava

大獄

たいごく

roundup

脱獄

だつごく

jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)

脱獄囚

だつごくしゅう

escaped prisoner

脱獄犯

だつごくはん

escaped prisoner

断獄

だんごく

condemnation to death by beheading

地獄にも知る人

じごくにもしるひと

you can make friends anywhere

地獄の釜

じごくのかま

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

地獄の釜の蓋

じごくのかまのふた

creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

地獄の釜の蓋もあく

じごくのかまのふたもあく

even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

地獄は壁一重

じごくはかべひとえ

the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge

地獄ほぞ

じごくほぞ

foxtail wedged tenon joint

地獄も住み処

じごくもすみか

even hell can be home

地獄を見る

じごくをみる

to live through hell

地獄絵

じごくえ

picture of Hell

地獄絵図

じごくえず

painting of a scene in Hell

地獄耳

じごくみみ

ability to remember everything one hears

地獄道

じごくどう

naraka (hell) realm

地獄変

じごくへん

picture of Hell

地獄変相

じごくへんそう

picture of Hell

通勤地獄

つうきんじごく

commuters' hell

典獄

てんごく

prison warden

天国から地獄

てんごくからじごく

(going straight) from heaven to hell

等活地獄

とうかつじごく

Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells)

入獄

にゅうごく

being imprisoned

破獄

はごく

breaking out of prison

蝿地獄

はえじごく

Venus flytrap

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

板子一枚下は地獄

いたごいちまいしたはじごく

there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition

聞いて極楽見て地獄

きいてごくらくみてじごく

don't believe everything you hear

辺獄

へんごく

limbo

無間地獄

むけんじごく

the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

煉獄

れんごく

purgatory