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かんぐく【監獄】

kanguku

Pronunciation: [kaŋ̍ɡuku]

Definition

Noun

  1. Prison

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese かんごく【監獄】 kangoku "prison". Attested in the Okinawan language dictionary (沖縄語典, 1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, under the spelling かんぐく kanguku.

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Kanji監獄
Kanaかんぐく
Romanizationkanguku
Pronunciation (IPA)[kaŋ̍ɡuku]

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2019, October 15). かんぐく【監獄】 : kanguku | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2877/kanguku/.