Word Meaning 煉獄

れんごく rengoku

煉獄 is read as れんごく (rengoku) and means purgatory.

Meaning

English

purgatory

Reading

Kana

れんごく

Romaji

rengoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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煉瓦

れんが

brick

地獄

じごく

hell

出獄

しゅつごく

release (from prison)

疑獄

ぎごく

bribery scandal

監獄

かんごく

prison

生き地獄

いきじごく

hell on earth

投獄

とうごく

imprisonment

牢獄

ろうごく

prison

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

安政の大獄

あんせいのたいごく

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

交通地獄

こうつうじごく

traffic hell, traffic congestion

無間地獄

むげんじごく

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

Example Sentences

彼らは煉獄の存在を信じている。

かれらはれんごくのそんざいをしんじている。

They believe in the existence of purgatory.

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