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prison · jail · inferno · hell
N1On: ごく
Memory Aid
'Goku' — like the Dragon Ball character. He's so strong, he could probably break out of any **PRISON**.
Vocabulary
地獄じごくhell, inferno
監獄かんごくprison, jail
獄中ごくちゅうin prison
出獄しゅつごくrelease from prison
刑獄けいごくpenal institution, prison
Example Sentences
地獄のような暑さだった。
It was hellishly hot.
彼は監獄に入れられた。
He was put in prison.
その囚人は獄中で本を書いた。
The prisoner wrote a book while in prison.
出獄後、彼は新しい人生を始めた。
After being released from prison, he started a new life.