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監獄

監獄

See also: 监狱

Chinese

 
supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
prison
trad. (監獄)
simp. (监狱)

Noun

監獄

  1. prison; jail   (Classifier: )
    監獄看望爸爸 [MSC, trad.]
    监狱看望爸爸 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qù jiānyù kànwàng tā bàba. [Pinyin]
    He visited his dad in prison.

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
ごく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

監獄 (hiragana かんごく, romaji kangoku)

  1. prison

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんぐく (kanguku).[1]

Noun

監獄 (hiragana かんぐく, romaji kanguku)

  1. prison

Synonyms

References

  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

監獄 (gamok) (hangeul 감옥)

  1. Hanja form? of 감옥, “jail”.