投獄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
ごく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Likely from Sinitic 投獄 / 投狱.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーごく [tòógókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːɡo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

(とう)(ごく) • (tōgoku

  1. Imprisonment.

Verb

(とう)(ごく)する • (tōgoku surutransitive suru (stem (とう)(ごく) (tōgoku shi), past (とう)(ごく)した (tōgoku shita))

  1. To imprison, to throw into prison.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN