ごくらく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ごくらく – see the following entry.
極楽
[noun] (Buddhism) short for 極楽浄土 (Gokuraku Jōdo): pure land (western paradise of Amitabha Buddha)
[noun] (by extension) heaven, paradise
[noun] a pleasure quarters, red-light district
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, ごくらく (gokuraku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)