🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
ごくり【獄吏】 : gokuri | define meaning
gokuri
Definition
Noun
- A person responsible for managing, overseeing, securing or supervising a prison or a jail: a jailer (also jailor, gaoler), a warder, a prison officer, a prison official.
- (By extension) A prison guard, a watchman, a keeper, a warden, a correctional officer, a detention officer.
Etymology
Derived from the root ごく【獄】 goku "prison; jail" and the noun suffix り【吏】 ri "official; officer"
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 獄吏 |
Kana | ごくり |
Romanization | gokuri |
意味:かんごくのやくにん【監獄の役人】
Categories:
獄吏
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, May 2). ごくり【獄吏】 : gokuri | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/421/gokuri/.