煉獄

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term
煉 獄

Etymology [edit]

From 煉 (れん, ren; refine metals; kneading over fire) + 獄 (ごく, goku; prison, jail).

Noun [edit]

煉獄 (hiragana れんごく, romaji rengoku)

  1. (theology) purgatory
    • 2003, Enrico Maxwell- page 76 in Chapter 42 ("Aubird Force") of Hellsing volume 6
      まるで煉獄。
      まるでれんごく。
      Marude rengoku.
      Just like purgatory.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 炼狱
trad. 煉獄

Noun [edit]

煉獄 (traditional, Pinyin liànyù, simplified 炼狱)

  1. purgatory
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