Word Meaning 牢獄

ろうごく rougoku

牢獄 is read as ろうごく (rougoku) and means prison.

Meaning

English

  1. prison
  2. jail
  3. gaol

Reading

Kana

ろうごく

Romaji

rougoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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)

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

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