極楽浄土

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極 楽 浄 土
ごく
Grade: 4 		らく
Grade: 2 		じょう
Grade: S 		ど
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
極樂淨土 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごくらくじょーど [gòkúrákújóꜜòdò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞kɯ̟ɾa̠kɯ̟ʑo̞ːdo̞]

Noun

極(ごく)楽(らく)浄(じょう)土(ど) • (gokurakujōdo) 

  1. (Buddhism) Amitabha’s Pure Land
  2. a pleasure quarters, red-light district

Derived terms

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