苦海浄土 くかいじょうど Meanings Noun Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure) Kanji 苦 suffer. Read as ク. 海 sea. Read as カイ. 浄 purify. Read as ジョウ. 土 soil. Read as ド. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists