Word Meaning 極道

ごくどう gokudou

極道 is read as ごくどう (gokudou) and means organized crime.

Meaning

English

organized crime
yakuza
underworld
wastrel
scoundrel
villain
wicked
evil

Reading

Kana

ごくどう

Romaji

gokudou

Writing Variants

獄道ごくどう gokudou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 19256 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

極悪非道

ごくあくひどう

inhuman

極軌道

きょくきどう

polar orbit

極道者

ごくどうもの

scoundrel

道理至極

どうりしごく

very reasonable

極寒

ごくかん

extreme cold

極

ごく

10^48

極限

きょくげん

limit

極楽

ごくらく

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

極める

きわめる

to exhaust completely

極まる

きわまる

extremely

極小

ごくしょう

local minimum

極み

きわみ

end

Example Sentences

『極道の妻たち』は、1986年、東映配給網により公開されたヤクザ映画。

"Gang Wives" is a Yakuza movie released in 1986 by Toei Distribution Network.

お兄ちゃん、このお魚本当に美味しいの？黒鯛が極道に落ちて、全国指名手配されたみたいなお魚だよ？

Hey, is this fish tasty for real? It looks like a black porgy who'd fallen in with mobsters and been put on the country's most wanted list!?

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 6 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

輝村極道 Kimura Kiwami