Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 8 freq #1529

prison, jail

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

dog inu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

hell realm; Naraka
during imprisonment; while in jail
prison
bribery scandal; graft case
imprisonment; incarceration
release (from prison)
prison; jail

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

hell on earth; living hell

Example sentences

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

The descent to hell is easy.

All were imprisoned by the Allies after the war and later sentenced to death or given long prison terms for war crimes.

This was before John was put in prison.