Word Meaning 苦海浄土

くかいじょうど kukaijoudo

苦海浄土 is read as くかいじょうど (kukaijoudo) and means Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure).

Meaning

English

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)

Reading

Kana

くかいじょうど

Romaji

kukaijoudo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 123732 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

苦土

くど

magnesia

浄土

じょうど

Pure Land Buddhism

九品浄土

くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

西方浄土

さいほうじょうど

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

極楽浄土

ごくらくじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land

寂光浄土

じゃっこうじょうど

paradise

欣求浄土

ごんぐじょうど

seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

苦土石灰

くどせっかい

dolomite lime

苦海

くがい

sea of suffering

海外領土

かいがいりょうど

overseas territory

浄土真宗

じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect)

浄土宗

じょうどしゅう

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism)