Keyword
prison
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig361
Readings
ごく
(94%)
Composed of
animal
say
dog
Used in kanji (1 in total)
mountain peak [old]
Used in vocabulary (90 in total)
prison; jail; gaol
jail; gaol; prison
escaping from prison; jailbreak
imprisonment; incarceration
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
during imprisonment; while in jail
hell on earth; living hell
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
prison gate
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
prison (building); jail
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
jailer; gaoler
escaped prisoner; fugitive
death in jail; death in prison
(going straight) from heaven to hell
release (from prison)
debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
roundup; wholesale arrest
prison warden
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
breaking out of prison
bribery scandal; graft case
naraka (hell) realm
picture of Hell
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
trying of a crime; conviction; condemnation to death by beheading
prison uniform
jail; gaol; prison
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
The Eight Greater Hells
being sent to prison
prison window; (behind) prison bars
imprisonment; incarceration
(entrance) examination hell
Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over
examination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations
there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
prison diary; diary written in prison
hell on earth; living hell
parole; release on bail
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
going to hell; falling into hell
prison regulations; prison rules
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
police custody; police detention; substitute prison
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
commuters' hell; commuting hell
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
traffic hell, traffic congestion
released convict; discharged prisoner
even the demons of hell rest during O-Bon and the New Year
jail; prison; punishment
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
don't believe everything you hear; (lit.) what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end
foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end
foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end
the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge
you can make friends anywhere; (lit.) not even in hell is everyone an ogre
you can make friends anywhere; (lit.) (you can make) acquaintances even in hell
even hell can be home
even hell can be home
even hell can be home
even hell can be home
loan shark hell; distress caused by high-interest loans and aggressive collection methods
Examples (25 in total)
The place became a hell on earth.
Life is more hellish than hell itself.
She turns her husband's life into hell.