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地獄 Hell - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
地獄
English: Hell
Romaji:
jigoku
Kanji: 地獄 (20 Strokes)
JLPT Level: ---
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

おんなころしあぶらのじごく :: 女殺油地獄 The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil

おんなころしあぶらのじごく :: 女殺油地獄 The Woman-Killer (bunraku play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon)

サラきんじごく :: サラ金地獄 Distress caused by high-interest loans and aggressive collection methods

サラきんじごく :: サラ金地獄 Loan shark hell

じごくのかまのふた :: 地獄の釜の蓋 Creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

だいきょうかんじごく :: 大叫喚地獄 The fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく :: 進むも地獄退くも地獄 Both advancing and retreating are hell

すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく :: 進むも地獄退くも地獄 Between the devil and the deep blue sea

てんごくからじごく :: 天国から地獄 (going straight) from heaven to hell

じごくもすみか :: 地獄も住家 Even hell can be home

じごくもすみか :: 地獄も住み家 Even hell can be home

じごくもすみか :: 地獄も住処 Even hell can be home

じごくもすみか :: 地獄も住み処 Even hell can be home

じごくのかま :: 地獄の釜 The cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

じごくのかまのふたもあく :: 地獄の釜の蓋もあく Even the demons of hell rest during O-Bon and the New Year

じごくのかまのふたもあく :: 地獄の釜の蓋も開く Even the demons of hell rest during O-Bon and the New Year

じごくにおちる :: 地獄に落ちる To be damned

じごくにおちる :: 地獄に落ちる To fall into hell

じごくにおちる :: 地獄に落ちる To go to hell

じごくをみる :: 地獄を見る To suffer dire straits

じごくをみる :: 地獄を見る To go to hell and back

じごくをみる :: 地獄を見る To live through hell

じごくにもしるひと :: 地獄にも知る人 (you can make) acquaintances even in hell

じごくにもしるひと :: 地獄にも知る人 You can make friends anywhere

じごくにもおにばかりではない :: 地獄にも鬼ばかりではない Not even in hell is everyone an ogre

じごくにもおにばかりではない :: 地獄にも鬼ばかりではない You can make friends anywhere

じごくはかべひとえ :: 地獄は壁一重 The line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge

じごくでほとけにあったよう :: 地獄で仏に会ったよう As if having met a Buddha in hell

じごくでほとけにあったよう :: 地獄で仏に会ったよう As if meeting a friend in need

じごくでほとけにあったよう :: 地獄で仏に会ったよう With great relief

Using 地獄 in sentences:

(Japanese) お前、どこでその話聞いてきたんだよ。本当に地獄耳だな。

(English) Where'd you hear that? You've really got sharp ears.

(Japanese) 「日本の夏は地獄だ」とよく言われます。

(English) It is often said that summer in Japan is like hell.

(Japanese) 天国と地獄って本当にあるの？

(English) Do heaven and hell actually exist?

(Japanese) 地獄は空で、すべての悪魔はここにいる。

(English) Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!

(Japanese) 地獄は空っぽだ、悪魔はみんなここにいる。

(English) Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!

How do you say Hell in Japanese?

Answer: 地獄

How many kanji strokes does 地獄 have?

Answer: 20

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