地獄

See also: 地狱

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

地獄

  1. (religion) hell; underworld; inferno
  2. (figurative) hell on earth

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (地獄):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 지옥(地獄) (jiok)
  • → Vietnamese: địa ngục (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Adjective

地獄

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, of jokes, memes or gags) having a punchline that is built upon other's misfortune or disabilities, such that one would go to hell after comprehending the joke (see hellish gag); cursed
    地獄哏／地狱哏  ―  dìyùgén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
地 獄
じ
Grade: 2		 ごく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), literally “(under)ground prison”). Compare modern Min Nan reading tē-gio̍k, or Hakka thi-ngiu̍k.

Pronunciation

Noun

地(じ)獄(ごく) • (jigoku) ←ぢごく (digoku)?

  1. hell
    地(じ)獄(ごく)に堕(お)ちる
    jigoku ni ochiru
    to fall into hell; to go to hell
    • 1999 March 1, “ヘルゲート・ディーグ [Hellgate Deeg]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      おなかに地(じ)獄(ごく)へ通(つう)じる扉(とびら)があり、召(しょう)還(かん)もできる不(ぶ)気(き)味(み)なモンスター。
      Onaka ni jigoku e tsūjiru tobira ga ari, shōkan mo dekiru bukimi na monsutā.
      A weird monster that can summon allies through the gateway to hell on its belly.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • 地(じ)獄(ごく)道(どう) (jigokudō): (Buddhism): Hell; one of the six planes of existence in the cycle of samsara.
  • 地(じ)獄(ごく)も住(すみ)処(か) (jigoku mo sumika, “even hell can be home”)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
地獄

Noun

地獄 • (jiok) (hangeul 지옥)

  1. Hanja form? of 지옥 (“hell”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地獄

Noun

地獄

  1. chữ Hán form of địa ngục (“hell”).
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