奈落

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
らく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit नरक (naraka).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

()(らく) (naraku

  1. (Buddhism) Hell.
  2. Falling into hell.
  3. The absolute bottom, the last straw, the worst that something can become.
  4. (theater) A theater basement, a trap cellar (under the stage).

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN