投獄

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
ごく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Likely from Sinitic 投獄投狱.

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(ごく) (tōgoku

  1. Imprisonment.

Verb

(とう)(ごく)する (tōgoku surutransitive suru (stem (とう)(ごく) (tōgoku shi), past (とう)(ごく)した (tōgoku shita))

  1. To imprison, to throw into prison.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN