Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ならく – see the following entry.
奈落
[noun] [from circa 1060] (Buddhism) hell
[noun] [from 985] falling into hell
[noun] [from 1694] the absolute bottom, the last straw, the worst that something can become
[noun] [from 1800] (theater) a theater basement, a trap cellar (under the stage)
[noun] [from ???] (video games, platform games) bottomless pit; an invisible place below the playable area that usually kills the game characters falling into it
Alternative spellings
那落, 捺落
(This term, ならく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)