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Japanese
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| 極樂 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese 極樂 (MC gik lak), itself a translation of Sanskrit सुखावती (sukhāvatī),[1][2] the feminine form of सुखवत् (sukhavat, literally “full of joy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
極楽 • (gokuraku)
- (Buddhism) Short for 極楽浄土 (Gokuraku Jōdo): pure land (western paradise of Amitabha Buddha)
- (by extension) heaven, paradise
- Synonym: 天国 (tengoku)
- Antonym: 地獄 (jigoku)
- a pleasure quarters, red-light district
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Proper noun
極楽 • (Gokuraku)
- a place name
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN