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地獄 (じごく): hell — Japanese vocabulary

地獄 is read じごく and means "hell". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

地獄

Reading
じごく · jigoku
Translation
hell
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
じごくがじごくが

Example

そこはこの世の地獄となった。

そこはこのよのじごくとなった。

The place became a hell on earth.

Kanji in this word

  • 地 — ground, earth
  • 獄 — Prison, Jail

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