Japanese symbol for “gulag”
ラーゲリ
ラーゲリ
Romaji: raageri
gulag (Soviet internment camp)
In Japanese, gulag is ラーゲリ (raageri).
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Meanings
- n gulag (Soviet internment camp)
Written forms: —. Readings: ラーゲリ、ラーゲル.
Other Japanese words for “gulag”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| グラグ | グラグ guragu | Gulag (Soviet government agency in charge of forced labour camps); GULAG |
See also: Chinese symbol for “gulag”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.